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Power Couple

Aired October 13, 2003 - 10:45   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


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DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Now California's ultimate power couple, Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver. For years the romance was played in contrast, brains and brawn, glamour and glutes, American royalty and an Austrian commoner. But there is nothing common in their shared achievements. Such is the theme of a profile in "People" magazine, of course a sister publication of CNN.
Joining us to discuss that, senior editor "Patrick Rogers."

Patrick, good morning. Thanks for being with us.

PATRICK ROGERS, "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE: Good morning, Daryn.

KAGAN: Well, let's get to some of the kind of nitty gritty of how this is all going to play out now that Arnold Schwarzenegger will soon be the governor of California. Sounds like he's going to be a commuter governor.

ROGERS: I think he has no intention of moving up to Sacramento. There's not really even a governor's mansion for him there. There's a house. As Pete Wilson, the old governor of the state told us, there's no mansion, there's a tract house and Arnold and Maria have their -- they have a $12 million basically brand new home in the Brentwood section of L.A. So I don't think he'll be moving. He'll be flying up there. It's about a 50-minute commuter flight. Of course he'll have his own plane, which he'll pay for.

KAGAN: And they have kids and those kids are entrenched in their school lives, and it sounds like they're pretty dedicated to keeping that the same.

ROGERS: Yes, four school-aged kids, all in private school there in L.A. And I don't think -- we hardly saw them at all during the campaign. They were really not...

KAGAN: They weren't even up on the stage on the victory night, were they?

ROGERS: I didn't see them. They certainly weren't there when he was accepting, you know, the results. You saw a lot of Shrivers, a lot of her family, but their kids were -- they really keep them out of the public eye. And maybe that's a lesson from her own youth of being in the public eye quite a bit, and certainly her cousins were in the public eye.

KAGAN: Yes, Maria understands that. Now in Arnold's career, he has come out and said there will be no movies for him, that he is dedicated to this. This is going to be a huge pay cut.

ROGERS: A huge pay cut. Arnold made something like $30 million on his last movie and his financial people tell us he's worth a hundred million or more, and the first year as governor he's going to earn about $175,000.

KAGAN: yes.

ROGERS: This is nothing.

KAGAN: Which will be a nice chunk of change for just about anybody, except for Arnold Schwarzenegger.

ROGERS: Yes, he doesn't really need it.

KAGAN: Let's talk about Maria Shriver here as little bit. Talk about a powerful combination. She is going to be first lady of California/network news correspondent.

ROGERS: Yes, I don't know how she's all going to make it work, because she's also clearly dedicated to those kids, and really does more than pays lip service to them. She does run the house; she has her career. The governor's wife in California, we call her the first lady, you know, but it's not like the first lady of the United States. There really are no duties, but she'll be making appearances, her friends and people say, and doing the ceremonial part of it, but I think she will go back to work at NBC.

KAGAN: You say no duties, but Gray Davis's wife, I think she had a staff of seven just working for her. So clearly you can make it a full-time job.

ROGERS: You can.

KAGAN: I want to take a look, because a lot of people are crediting Maria Shriver for Arnold getting over the hump, especially of, so to speak, having to deal with the woman problem. Let's listen to her on the campaign trail.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

MARIA SHRIVER, SCHWARZENEGGER'S WIFE: I wouldn't be standing here if this man weren't an A-plus human being. I wouldn't be taking my time, I wouldn't have left my job that I love, OK. I wouldn't have done any of this if I didn't believe in this man.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KAGAN: She has politics in her blood. Clearly she has the talent.

ROGERS: Yes, an incredibly effective communicator, just looks right at you and tells you on her mind. So I think you see her journalist background there, and also her legacy as a Democrat that she's trading on there.

KAGAN: But as you pointed out as well, this is a woman dedicated to those four children, and it sounds like they come first.

ROGERS: Yes.

KAGAN: Very good. We look at it more -- you guys, you split your cover. On the West Coast, you have the Schwarzeneggers...

ROGERS: That's right, we just had time to get out a cover on the West Coast with Arnold and Maria on the cover.

KAGAN: But here I think we had Roy Horn on the East.

ROGERS: That's right, yes.

KAGAN: Yes, absolutely. So if you're on the East Coast looking for the article, look for the "People" magazine that has Roy Horn on the cover.

Patrick, thanks for coming along.

ROGERS: You're welcome.

KAGAN: Appreciate it. Patrick Rogers with "People" magazine.

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Aired October 13, 2003 - 10:45   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Now California's ultimate power couple, Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver. For years the romance was played in contrast, brains and brawn, glamour and glutes, American royalty and an Austrian commoner. But there is nothing common in their shared achievements. Such is the theme of a profile in "People" magazine, of course a sister publication of CNN.
Joining us to discuss that, senior editor "Patrick Rogers."

Patrick, good morning. Thanks for being with us.

PATRICK ROGERS, "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE: Good morning, Daryn.

KAGAN: Well, let's get to some of the kind of nitty gritty of how this is all going to play out now that Arnold Schwarzenegger will soon be the governor of California. Sounds like he's going to be a commuter governor.

ROGERS: I think he has no intention of moving up to Sacramento. There's not really even a governor's mansion for him there. There's a house. As Pete Wilson, the old governor of the state told us, there's no mansion, there's a tract house and Arnold and Maria have their -- they have a $12 million basically brand new home in the Brentwood section of L.A. So I don't think he'll be moving. He'll be flying up there. It's about a 50-minute commuter flight. Of course he'll have his own plane, which he'll pay for.

KAGAN: And they have kids and those kids are entrenched in their school lives, and it sounds like they're pretty dedicated to keeping that the same.

ROGERS: Yes, four school-aged kids, all in private school there in L.A. And I don't think -- we hardly saw them at all during the campaign. They were really not...

KAGAN: They weren't even up on the stage on the victory night, were they?

ROGERS: I didn't see them. They certainly weren't there when he was accepting, you know, the results. You saw a lot of Shrivers, a lot of her family, but their kids were -- they really keep them out of the public eye. And maybe that's a lesson from her own youth of being in the public eye quite a bit, and certainly her cousins were in the public eye.

KAGAN: Yes, Maria understands that. Now in Arnold's career, he has come out and said there will be no movies for him, that he is dedicated to this. This is going to be a huge pay cut.

ROGERS: A huge pay cut. Arnold made something like $30 million on his last movie and his financial people tell us he's worth a hundred million or more, and the first year as governor he's going to earn about $175,000.

KAGAN: yes.

ROGERS: This is nothing.

KAGAN: Which will be a nice chunk of change for just about anybody, except for Arnold Schwarzenegger.

ROGERS: Yes, he doesn't really need it.

KAGAN: Let's talk about Maria Shriver here as little bit. Talk about a powerful combination. She is going to be first lady of California/network news correspondent.

ROGERS: Yes, I don't know how she's all going to make it work, because she's also clearly dedicated to those kids, and really does more than pays lip service to them. She does run the house; she has her career. The governor's wife in California, we call her the first lady, you know, but it's not like the first lady of the United States. There really are no duties, but she'll be making appearances, her friends and people say, and doing the ceremonial part of it, but I think she will go back to work at NBC.

KAGAN: You say no duties, but Gray Davis's wife, I think she had a staff of seven just working for her. So clearly you can make it a full-time job.

ROGERS: You can.

KAGAN: I want to take a look, because a lot of people are crediting Maria Shriver for Arnold getting over the hump, especially of, so to speak, having to deal with the woman problem. Let's listen to her on the campaign trail.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

MARIA SHRIVER, SCHWARZENEGGER'S WIFE: I wouldn't be standing here if this man weren't an A-plus human being. I wouldn't be taking my time, I wouldn't have left my job that I love, OK. I wouldn't have done any of this if I didn't believe in this man.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KAGAN: She has politics in her blood. Clearly she has the talent.

ROGERS: Yes, an incredibly effective communicator, just looks right at you and tells you on her mind. So I think you see her journalist background there, and also her legacy as a Democrat that she's trading on there.

KAGAN: But as you pointed out as well, this is a woman dedicated to those four children, and it sounds like they come first.

ROGERS: Yes.

KAGAN: Very good. We look at it more -- you guys, you split your cover. On the West Coast, you have the Schwarzeneggers...

ROGERS: That's right, we just had time to get out a cover on the West Coast with Arnold and Maria on the cover.

KAGAN: But here I think we had Roy Horn on the East.

ROGERS: That's right, yes.

KAGAN: Yes, absolutely. So if you're on the East Coast looking for the article, look for the "People" magazine that has Roy Horn on the cover.

Patrick, thanks for coming along.

ROGERS: You're welcome.

KAGAN: Appreciate it. Patrick Rogers with "People" magazine.

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