he was the jilted lover in "forgetting sarah marshall." they are the beloved band of g-rated misfits. tonight, what happens when jason segel really loves the muppets. >>> and awkward family pets. a pup in leg warmers. a poodle in brides. a pooch in foil. tonight, we examine off the wall pet owners and the animals who seem to love them. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," november 3rd, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. he was paid $150,000 a month to keep michael jackson healthy. but conrad murray could soon spent 48 months earning prison wages. after the death of the pop star, six weeks of testimony, 12 men and women are deciding murray's fate tonight. as today's tense closing arguments indicated, the stakes feel much greater than the maximum of four years murray could spend locked away. abc's jim avila was there and has the latest tonight. jim? >> reporter: bill, there was no holding back from either side today in closing argument.

first guest from the popular tv series "how i met your mother" and the hit comedies "forgetting sarah marshalle star and co-writer of "the muppets," which is in theaters on wednesday. give it up for jason segel! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ movin' right along footloose and fancy free getting there is half the fun come share it with me ♪ ♪ movin' right along we'll share the load we don't need a map ♪ ♪ we'll get this show on the road ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that was nice. hey, buddy! nice to see you again. thanks for coming back. >> thank you. last time i was here, you had statler and waldorf in the balcony. >> jimmy: that's right. we did have statler -- >> that's how this all started. >> jimmy: i mean, this is pretty insane because you wanted to do this muppet movie for -- >> for four years i've been writing it. >> jimmy: and you came on our show and you said to be backstage -- i go, "i heard you're doing this muppet thing. you go, "here's the truth. no, i'm not. but i'm telling --" [ laughter ] "i'm telling everyone i'm doing it just to trick people," so you could try -- right? >>

sarah was talking about. right now, it is 41 at reagan national but we are in the 30s elsewhere. dulles is at 39. bwi marshallorecast for today, breezy, cool, wind will blow up to around 20 miles per hour. maybe gust up to 30. that is what is happening with the weather. come up in about 15 minutes, today's edition of ask the weather guys. it is a fun question about pigeons. >> with really? >> yes. >> and you'll make it fun. >> we'll make it fun. >> i bet i ask the question, you will both say i kind of wondered that myself. >> i bet so. >> we'll look forward to that coming up in a few minutes. >> let's check in with julie wright and get a look at traffic. >> i love both of your expresses. you are avery intently looking into tony as like okay. and sarah is going i don't think so. >> we'll make it work. >> they always do. it's always very interesting and i guess i neve thought about that. >> all right. pigeons it is. you will find it is nice and easy coming in on 66 leaving fair oaks headed towards the beltway. hov rules lifted in virginia today because of it being a federal holiday. the same for those on 270. a

sarah palin. >> before the race they got a standing ovation, but later the first lady was booed at a nascar event. take a look at this. >> please welcome or grand marshalsergeant andrew berry and family, first lady of the united states michelle obama, and dr. jill biden. >> michelle obama and dr. jill biden were ceremonial grand marshal s to promote their initiatives to help veterans and a surprise appearance by john huntsman on "saturday night live." >> i'd like to start with something you never here at the debates. governor huntsman, the first question is for you. isn't it true nationally you're polling in the low single digits? >> it is true, seth, but only a few months ago i was polling at margin of error. to have any digit at all is a pretty big deal. >> you've heard mitt romney on the campaign trail rail against the president's health care law. >> i will eliminate obama care. >> now, one of the architects of the health care law in massachusetts is calling him out insisting romney's bill is just like the president's health care law. jonathan gruber joins me now. he's also an economics professor at m.i.t. and a democrat. thank you for being here tod