them. good morning. i'm keith jones. the storm has come down all over the place. hundreds of businesses schools are closed today, the city of philadelphia is under a snow emergency right now. and that means cars park on the snow emergency roads could be towed. state offices in new jersey and delaware, they're closed today. there are a number of accidents, stuck vehicles all across our area because of the deteriorating conditions you don't want to be out on these roadways as this storm dumps inches of snow. we have a team of reporters all across the region in seven counties, to bring you the conditions in your neighborhood. first, let me begin with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. temperatures continue to drop. the storm continues to drop inches of snow. >> yeah it is pretty amazing and it is a wide area just about everybody is affected by this snow right now. this is a picture of center city, still able to see broad street. or is that market street? that's market street. and the road in center city generally on the wet side. that's only because there has been a

p.a. keith jones joins us live from pittsburgh. keith, tell us what's going on there. >> reporter: as you can see, we're dealing with the snowflakes falling here in the steel city. it is causing people villanova fans lafayette fans who have the day off today to change their plans, or alter them. before we do anything else i want to show you the scene here behind us. the parking lot here completely empty. and beyond that, the consol energy center that place was mobbed out front. today, not a soul in sight. those interested in the game. look at this video. we caught many lafayette fans packing up and leaving their hotel for the morning, also driving the five hours back to easton northampton county. the villanova fans are getting out to explore pittsburgh. the duquesne incline south of the city and preimanti brothers. regardless of the outcome, the fans are proud of their teams. >> it was a great drive over. bunch of guys got in the car, headed over. we knew that these guys need our support. we're here to support them no matter what happens. and despite the losses happy for the guys

buddy keith jones is mcing your event this weekend. he did it last year. >> he did it last year. he was so much fun he had to come back. >> i'm going to tell him to make sure he behaves himself. >> last year he danced all night with me. he can't behave too much. >> thank you very much judge hughes. we appreciate you coming in. red ball saturday at the please touch museum. as i just mentioned nbc 10's keith jones will be the host. go to nbc10.com or our mobile app for more information. >> announcer: now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> well, we had a nasty day yesterday. the ice formed. it was still there this morning. boy, we've got some more action coming this week. a very active week. some of that comes starting tonight. the ice melts today, refreezes tonight. so you might want to get away get that stuff out of the way of your sidewalks and driveways while you get a chance this afternoon before it refreezes. then we've got snow and ice coming on tuesday. that's just the beginning of the next rounds of precipitation. the wind i

packed days of college basketball arrived and one local school has high hopes. keith jones is live in pittsburgh where villanova will take on another school from our region. keith, i can't imagine that nova is too worried. >> reporter: the pressure is on villanova. it is an eastern p.a. invasion here in pittsburgh. the pittsburgh post gazette here next to me that's villanova head coach jay wright. next to that the headline it is a coaches' game. they take a look behind me. a whole different picture than what we saw earlier this morning. what a difference a few hours makes. this is the console energy center where the games will be played fans central. we're here in the steel city to give you a behind the scenes look. you're not supposed to see this stuff. look at the merchandise we found. villeneuve why andanova and lafayette with unique fresh gear. the doughnuts, chips and popcorn and the stakes are high for workers here. tens of thousands of people attend all four games, including a huge showing from the delaware valley. >> i have a good feel about it. we played them last year. we're

university of oklahoma chapter three to four years ago. that's about the time ou junior keith logan started college. he was among the dozens of people who attended a previously scheduled town hall meeting wednesday night to discuss racism on campus. >> it is very sickening at the same time. it is not surprising. >> reporter: parker rice one of the members in the video who apologized, is keeping quiet after saying his family has been threatened. outside his empty dallas home, a small group of protesters gathered. >> we're planning on filing a complaint with the department of justice so that way they can look into every chapter across the nation of asae. >> reporter: but the fraternity says so far it has been unable to verify any rumors of members using the chant beyond ou. e.j. beasley is a proud african-american member of sae at the university of cincinnati. >> i would not be part of a fraternity that is racist. >> reporter: the university says more expulsions are possible. now some experts are questioning whether that's even legal. >> students at public universities have free speec