fitting because jon favreau is leaving.mor has it he may be trying his hand at the movie business. rahm emanuel showed up for jury duty yesterday. he got dismissed but even as mayor of chicago, he has to do his civic duty. it looks like a former mitt romney staffer will be the first to throw his hat in the ring for massachusetts senate. dan winslow, a state representative, says he's 99% in. >>> a day after eating a doughnut with david letterman, new jersey governor chris christie addressed his weight at a news conference. >> so far, up to 50 years old, i've been remarkably healthy. and my doctor continues to warn me that my luck is going to run out relatively soon. so believe me, it's something i'm very conscious of. so be assured there is a plan. whether it will be successful or not, you all will be able to notice. but there is a plan. >> and is fictional president jed bartlett like the real president? chris matthews asks the actor who played his communication department on "the west wing." >> see many martin sheens in you

president obama's chief of speech writing jon favreau announced earlier this week that he is giving upcreen. not acting, though he has been named unone of the sexist people on the planet it will be screen writing which got some people thinking just how that might turn out. >> president obama's chief speech writer is leaving the white house to pursue a career as a hollywood screenwriter. >> whoa. >> we actually got a claim of his first movie. to be honest it, still seems like is he in speech-writing mode. take a look at this. ♪ from r. >> it's great to be here in columbus, ohio. [ laughter ] >> look, over the past two years, i have signed into law $1.4 trillion in spending cuts. [ laughter ] >> and closed tax loop loopholes to make sure top earning americans pay their fair share. >> the fact is though, we can't finish the job deficit reduction through spending cuts alone. >> yes, we can. [ laughter ] >> we can. >> john: now, that is romance. before we go tonight. one more look at the radar on the scene from boston as the huge storm is getting ready to wrap you up. expected to dump as mu

president obama's chief of speech writing jon favreau announced earlier this week that he is giving up politics for the silver screen. not acting, though he has been named unone of the sexist people on the planet it will be screen writing which got some people thinking just how that might turn out. >> president obama's chief speech writer is leaving the white house to pursue a career as a hollywood screenwriter. >> whoa. >> we actually got a claim of his first movie. to be honest it, still seems like is he in speech-writing mode. take a look at this. ♪ from r. >> it's great to be here in columbus, ohio. [ laughter ] >> look, over the past two years, i have signed into law $1.4 trillion in spending cuts. [ laughter ] >> and closed tax loop loopholes to make sure top earning americans pay their fair share. >> the fact is though, we can't finish the job deficit reduction through spending cuts alone. >> yes, we can. [ laughter ] >> we can. >> john: now, that is romance. before we go tonight. one more look at the radar on the scene from boston as the huge storm is getting ready to wrap you

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. >>> president obama saying good-bye to his head speechwriter, 31-year-old jon favreau, who's been craftingeches for the president since 2005. there are rumors favreau may be headed to hollywood. he's handing the pen over to cody keenan, whose first job as speechwriter is the state of the union address. no pressure. >>> and she's up for a grammy! first lady michelle obama was nominated in the spoken word category for her reading of "american groom," her book on garden 'but white house officials say she has no plans to head to l.a. tonight. former president bill clinton is also nominated along about ellen degeneres, and we should note with great pride, our own rachel maddow as well. president obama already has two nominations in the category. >>> next up, the world's largest parking lot still today closed for more storm cleanup. snow and abandoned vehicles. >>> also, not guilty of a cover-up? joe paterno's family tries to clear his name from the jerry sandusky sex abuse case. details on that as well. [ male announcer ] no matter what city you're playing tomorrow. [ coughs ] ♪ [ male announce

jon favreau is not back to direct. this the first two did over $1 billion.r. i cannot wait to see this. we have a teaser spot that tees the super bowl ad. you are going to see tonight. check out this spot right here. >> ♪ [explosion] >> i love, kevin, that we have a teaser now for an ad, which is a tease. >> i'm crying nerd tears. clayton i know you are with me on that. i cannot wait to see that. >> i'm super excited for iron man 3. it looks darker. ben kingsly on it i'm super excited because j.j. saved the star trek franchise. new film coming out as well. >> this is the ad i'm most excited about it's interactive ad. go on smart phone and download an app. star trek into the darkness app. what the deal with this when you are watching the gym during the second quarter when the spot comes on, you click a but ton on the app. and the app. will actually listen to the spot from your television and help you unlock exclusive star trek content? sounds like too much work to me. >> i cannot wait to see that j.j. abe bramtion is back. i cannot wait to see. he signed on t

in our 7:00 hour, i had an interview with jon favreau.o's been with president obama -- >> and he directed spider-man. >> very talented. where he finds the time, i don't know. he's leaving the white house tomorrow at the age of 31. he's been with president obama since the age of 23, if you can believe it, writing speeches for the leader of the free world. one of the parts we couldn't get into the piece, though, was this story he told me about the moments leading up to the white house correspondence dinner in 2011. remember, this is the time when the raid to get osama bin laden was underway and president obama had to sit there, stone faced. seth myers famously made a bin laden joke that cut to the president's stone face, couldn't laugh at it, because, we didn't know this, but the president did, they were on their way to get bin laden. so favro talked to me about writing the jokes for that event and not knowing himself. >> and we were happy with all of our jokes, right? we go in to see the president, and he's like, i like all your jokes, i t