(Clip from "In the News") Craig: Our top story, in the "mother of all bills" news, as fighting in Iraq intensifies, President Bush delivered his supplemental war budget to Congress today...a whopping 74.7 billion dollars. Hey, for just 20 million extra, we could get Tom Cruise to star in the war!
In a related story, today the 3rd Infantry Division has captured the southern portion of Michael Moore.
Julie: (laughs) Craig Kilborn, good morning.
Craig: Good morning, Julie.
Julie: Has he been on the show? Michael Moore?
Craig: No. He wants to be on.
Julie: Oh, with that I don't know.
Craig: Doesn't work that way. Doesn't work that way.
Julie: How does it work, Mr. Kilborn with the five-day growth since you...
Craig: This is a new look for me. This is showing my range. You should have... You should have seen my look last night at 1 am. It was fun. Going back to the hotel room, we played a game, it was called "Let's Find the Bed." Oops, that's the couch, that's the bathroom floor. But I'm in New York and I'm on vacation hence the stubble.
Julie: So when you go back and start doing real shows on Monday, are we going to see the stubble or not is the big question.
Craig: Absolutely not. I will be shaving.
Julie: Why? Your executive producer doesn't let you?
Craig: I don't let myself.
Julie: Why? It's a good look.
Craig: Thank you, Julie. It means a lot to me.
Julie: But you just like that clean-shaven...
Craig: Maybe in the summertime I'll do it. My mom...my mom...I call her "mommy"...says "shave." She also wants me to wear a tie, which I rarely do. So...
Julie: That's right, you never wear a tie.
Craig: I used to all the time. This is fascinating, by the way.
Julie: It is! These are little things people want to know about 'cause...
Craig: These are little things that women...that women care about.
Julie: You see, you don't do...you're usually on the other side of the desk. I've been on your show twice.
Craig: You're...You're good!
Julie: You're better!
Craig: Okay.
Julie: (laughs) You're not arguing with me on that. But you know what I want to ask you about because you do "In the News"...
Craig: Right.
Julie: Is anything ever off-limits?
Craig: Absolutely.
Julie: Like what?
Craig: Well, I mean, we're careful. I'll tell you what, when the war started, uh, we were, you know, obviously concerned about what we were going to do. But it wasn't as difficult as one would think. We thought we'd maybe get pre-empted. You know, the show, you know with the news coverage late at night. But it wasn't. I'll...I'll tell you this, the only thing I've done, and I don't over-analyze it, but I just...I play it fairly safe, uh, is after 9-11, I just said to the writers, "Listen, uh," cause theses, all the writers are these liberal knuckleheads, and I said, uh, I said, "let's not be unpatriotic, um, you know, let's not take all these shots at Bush." And that was way before there was going to be a war. So, it's not as difficult as you think. We...we play it fairly safe.
Julie: Which is very smart.
