west virginia border and also for parts of pennsylvania and new york. this is the same system that hit new mexico where near zero temperatures are expected today. as the storm moved east, there was rough weather in texas, arkansas, and illinois. the snow, ice and strong winds made highway travel dangerous. lots of wrecks. lots of sliding into curves and breaking the tires off their beads, cars rolling over on their tops. little rock, arkansas, and nashville, tennessee, could get an inch or so of wet snow today. now to politics. after being overtaken in the polls by newt gingrich, mitt romney has unveiled what he calls his closing argument, promising a more aggressive campaign. and president obama is also on the attack, making it a pitch to the middle class. tara mergener is in washington with more on all of this. good morning, tara. good morning to you, betty. republicans are trying to keep the president on the defensive over the weak u.s. economy. in the meantime, mi
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
citizens. it won t make a difference for eem who bring guns illegally into the district. mr. mendelson says he will schedule a hearing on his proposition coming up next month. a controversial curfew proposal has been shelved in dream county. the lawmakers voted 6-3 to postpone debate on the bill indefinitely. county executive ike leggett proposed the idea after several late-night incidents involving teenagers. some council members call the plan unfair to most law-abiding young people. president obama is still pushing congress hoping to extend a popular tax cut. during a stop in kansas, the president said all americans deserve a fair shot at financial security. president obama said extending the payroll tax which is set to expire at the end of this month would help ensure everyone receives a fair shot. if we don t do that, 160 million americans, including most of the people here will see their taxes go up by an average of $1,000. both parties say they want the exte