patrice harris finds out if baend radios are a deal or a dud. >>reporter: bendaroos are flexible building sticks made of magical wax. they're supposed to hold their shape with no glue, no stains, no mess. the commercial makes bendaroos found like the next big thing. >> decorate. they stick and stay and lift away for non-stop play. >>reporter: we'll let these students be the judge of that. they never cease to amaze me. they do beautiful artwork all the time for me. within minutes of opening the box, they created stars, hearts, volcanos, flowers. even art teacher megan is impressed. >> i'll admit i was sceptical, but i think the students like it. i would probably use this in the classroom to add something more tractile. it adds another dimension to what they're doing. >>reporter: it came with 500 pieces in ten different colors. it doesn't take long for them to form an opinion. what are these like to work with? >> they're easy to cut and bend. i made swirls. i made swirls with different colors. >> it's easy to stick to the paper. >>reporter: if you

i'm patrice harris. we're waking up to more winter weather this morning. the snow came down last night and we are talking about it all this morning. we're bringing you live triple team coverage of the snow fall. joel d smith is live in westminister. megan gilliland is reporting from baltimore county, and jessica starr is here in the city all with the latest on the current conditions out there. and because of the snow we have some school closings and a few delays to pass along to you. here is a look at school closings that are closed. anne arundel county, charles, dorchester, montgomery county and queen ann's and talbot county schools closed today. opening two hours late, allegheny county, baltimore city, cecil, frederick, harford, st. mary's somerset, washington county and worcester county schools, again two hours late today. and just remember whenever severe weather hits, tune in to fox 45 morning news. our morning news ticker will have all of the latest closings delays and traffic conditions. that tric

i'm patrice harris. >>> we're taking up to more winter weather this morning and fox 45 is bringing live triple team coverage of the snow. joel d smith is out there and jessica starr is right here in the city. all of them have the latest on the current conditions out there. we're going to get to them in a few minutes. first we want to start with school closings and delays. charles and montgomery county schools are closed today. frederick and harford county schools on the other hand, are opening two hours late. and just remember, whenever severe weather hits, be sure to tune to fox 45 morning news, our morning news ticker will have the latest closings, traffic delays and conditions. the ticker updates automatically and it even runs during commercials. so just make sure you check it out before you head out this morning. let's check on the roadways. candace dold is here with the traffic edge report. >> reporter: thank you, patrice. of course, it's going to be that ice and slush that we have to deal with. we want to show you what it looks like out there. here it is rogers forge. people are d

i'm patrice harris. it is friday and that means it's time for you to get in touch with us on our face book page about anything you want to. what stories did we cover this week that you liked or didn't like. let us know and your answer could air in our facebook feedback segment. we want to start the weekend off as right as we can with the storm coming. the first two fans to pot post r code word will win a great prize. we will reveal that code word. so be sure to stay tuned to win. go to facebook fox baltimore to become a fan. >>> our winter blast is coming in later today. many area schools are taking action. here is the list of schools that are closing and some early departures. allegheny county schools, charles county schools, garrett county, and st. mary's county schools have already decided to close for the day. meanwhile, anne arundel county schools will have to go to school but they will be getting out two hours early. baltimore county schools are dismissing two hours early. caroline and carroll coun

it's friday, february 5th, i'm patrice harris. it's friday and this weekend that actually means a lot of things, but the first thing it means that it's your turn to talk to us on 4boo facebook pagn anything you want, what is going on your neighborhood, what do you think about the snow whatever you want to talk about. let us know and your response could air in our facebook segment. the first fans to post our code word will win a great prize. we will reveal that code word, just be sure t to stay tuned to win. just go to faceboo facebook baltimore.com. to become a fan. >>> many area schools are taking action. allegheny, charles county schools have decided to close for the day. meanwhile anne arundel county schools be going to school but they will be getting out two hours early. howard county schools will close 3 hours early. >>> and just remember, whenever severe weather hits, tune in to fox 45 morning news. our morning news ticker will have the latest closings and traffic conditions. our ticker will update automatically and it even

welcome to this extended and special edition of fox 45 morning news. >>> i'm patrice harris. >>and i'm jeff barns. and i said to patrice, let it be warm the next time we do this, all right. >> all public schools are closed today and that is different from where we started this morning, because some are actually closed for -- they're all closed for the rest of the week. >> some are closed for today and others were closed for the rest of the week. now everything is closed, probably iowa at this point. >> it could be. >> for the complete listing including iowa, go to foxbaltimore.com or you can watch our morning news ticker because that does have all of the latest closings, delays and traffic conditions. >> the ticker updates automatically and runs during our commercial breaks. revent for you. >> we are going to be with you throughout the morning for you. we have live extended coverage. we will be on until 12:30 this afternoon bringing you the latest on the street closings, weather conditions and weather updates. >> of course, fox 45 will be back on the air starting at 4:00 p.m.

good morning, i'm patrice harris. >>> i'm jeff barns. good to join you on another winter blast morning. becoming habitual. >> like groundhog's day. we have school closings to tell you. >> list number one county public schools that are closed. algainy, caroline, carroll, cecil, dorchester, garrett and harford county. >>> queen ann's st. mary's, somerset, talbot, wacomico and worcester county schools closed today. >>> public schools that will be closed all week long, through friday, anne arundel county, baltimore city schools and frederick county. you can can hear the students cheering. >>> along with howard county, montgomery county and prince george's county schools will be closed all week long. whenever severe weather hits in to fox 45 morning news, our morning ticker will have the latest traffic conditions and closings. >> the ticker updates automatic hecally and eveautomatically ans during commercial breaks. >>> the weather meteorologist jessica has weather warnings and the snow totals. >> and we are talking to meteorologist steve fer

i'm patrice harris. >>> it is friday and this weekend that means a lot of things, but first of all it means that it's your turn to talk with us on our facebook page about anything you want. what stories have we covered this week that you liked or didn't like. what is going on in your neighborhood, a story you want to tell us. just let us know and your response could air on our facebook feedback segment. already we are getting a lot of people talking about snow. we want to start the weekend off right. the first two fox 45 fans to post our code word at our facebook wall, will win a great prize. we will reveal that code word later this morning. be sure to stay tuned for your chance to win. and go to facebook fox baltimore.com to become a fan. >>> a winter blast is headed our way. it's expected to start later this morning but many area schools are taking action. here is a list of schools that have closed for the day, allegheny county, charles county, st. mary's county schools have already closed for the day.