>>we're here with ralph larossa from pseg. ralph let me ask you tonight's big for a lot of reasons, choose new jersey is the first annual fundraiser but you're also the incoming char of the board of this organization. describe the importance of choose new jersey? >>well i think you know everything we're doing here tonight just exemplifies what choose new jersey's about putting the business community together, but also telling a story about new jersey and why other businesses should be attracted here. just a great opportunity for everybody to be together. >>real quick on your organization's committment to investing in infrastructure and its connection to business retention, attracting business and economic development >>well look, we go as new jersey goes. a company like pseg so interwoven into the fabric of the state. when the economy's good in the state when businesses are located here, more jobs more folks it's all that's what our company's about. and that's why for over 100 years we've been part of the economic development

the utility pseg long island has brought in 400 extra lines men from the midwest to help us through this potentially crippling storm. we're live tonight in river head, long island, jennifer make leg in. thanks so much and stay save up there. >> up next here tonight on eye with its news the coverage of the noreaster will continue. another check on the updated forecast. stay with > our eye on the storm coverage continues tonight. this is an extended edition of eye witness at 11:00 and you are looking at toms river ocean county where the conditions are worsening and the snow is falling tonight. plows are out trying to keep up with mother nature. good evening i'm jessica dean and i'm chris may. the late show comes your way at 11:50 tonight as when continue with the coverage of this winter storm. here is the lates at 11 1 #:30. both new jersey and pennsylvania are in states of emergency coordinating crews to battle the schools 6789 both philadelphia and arch disseen schools are closed tomorrow out of concern for students. they have you issued a travel ban so they can clear roads there. the st

pseg tell us extra crews are on hand to restore power if it goes out . nbc 10 has been checking in with pico ready it to handle any outages that happen. any areas seeing significant outages is in norristown about 3,100 can customers are in the dark. we are going to continue to check on that . we will keep you updated. in case your power does go out and you need a place to charge your devices, nbc 10 and telemundo partnered with comcast to help our viewers. charging stations are set up at participating comcast locations. search power up on the nbc 10 news app. >>> this morning's wintry mix is just the first of two storms drivers and road crews will have to face this weekend. more than 300 penn-dot crews were ready when precipitation started to fall between 9:00 and 9:30 last night. trucks spread salt on the streets just as the storm began. we spoke to one driver who was out there. he couldn't help but compare what we got. >> we've been getting a little snow here and there but never that big storm. >> we've certainly been lucky this season compared to wher