captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. and i m ann curry. good morning, everybody. well, we knew this good weather couldn t last. we ve been enjoying nice, mild temperatures for this time of the year in the northeast but it s about to change. a storm system that s going to hit parts of the south and mid-atlantic today will quickly bring a nor easter to our region. heavy rain, snow, much colder temperatures all expected. we re going to get to al s forecast coming up straight ahead. we re also following a story that might outrage a lot of people. a seattle doctor and his wife living in a $1.2 million lakefront home traveling the globe, but they have been accused of illegally collecting welfare for eight years. so we re going to get details now on how they allegedly did that. and michael jackson spent his final days in a rented beverly hills mansion. now some items from that home are ab