3 we have several school delays to pass along to you this morning.2hours late:anne arundel countybaltimore county carroll countyharford county howard countymontgomery county closed: cecil countyfrederick county we will have all the school delays or cancellations as they come in. you can see them update automatically on the news ticker. it runs all morning long.. even during commercials. we are bringing you live team coverage of this winter weather.. and how it's affecting your commute.. all morning long. long.joel d. smith is live in north baltimore county. meteorologist emily gracey is in owings mills.. with the conditions there. we'll check in with them shortly.. but first ... let's get right to meteorologist steve fertig in the skywatch weather center. 3 map emily fiber map 3 3 the roads aren't as icy as they could have been this morning .. but another winter blast is still on teh way. so the questions is .... what will happen this time on the roads? one of the problems last week, was the inability to pre-treat the roads, because of the morning rain. will that be the case as we get more rain today? today? joel d. smith is live in hereford with the latest conditions there. good morning joel d. good morning patrice, (ad lib) it's a far cry from our last experience with the snow. folks were stuck for hours as the ice accumulated quickly, then thousands all took to the roads at the same time during rush hour. this time, the state highway administration says the pre treatment was not an issue. a salt brine layer has been put down, as a line of first defense. it will soak up the first bit of precipitation and not allow the water to freeze very easily. and supplies of this monster this monster storm that's moving across the country... is dumping plenty of snow along the way.you're looking at video from indiana... where blizzard conditions have made for some dangerous accidents... including this one... where a car actually flipped over.parts of indiana could get as much as a foot or more of snow. in new york... crews are preparing for the storm... by cutting branches off trees. they hope fewer fallen tree limbs will prevent massive power outages.new york is just one of more than á20 statesá preparing for the winter blast. maryland's highest court.. overturns a murder conv. conviction. eric fountain was shot to death in dundalk in 2006. christian darrell lee was found guilty for the killing. but the court of appeals says lee's miranda rights were violated by a detective. the decision will send the case back to baltimore county for a re-trial. two brothers accused of setting a puppy on fire... head back to court this morning, for day three of their trial.so far, jurors have spent a lot of time watching surveillance video from the day it happened. happened.megan gilliland is live from mitchell courthouse with more on what they saw. saw.good morning patrice, inside the courtroom yesterday a baltimore detective gave jurors a play by play of the police surveillance video tape. the question now, is it enough to convict. travers and tremayne johnson are accused of pouring gasoline on a dog named phoenix and then setting the pitbull puppy on fire. the attack happened in west baltimore, back in may of 2009. pheonix had to be euthanized because of the extent of injuries. but, the defendents are pleading not guilty.and say that the surveillance video tape shown in court, is not clear.and their friends who watched inside the courtroom, agree. (suspects friend)"i dont have the slightest idea why they were arrested.. " " so far, a police detective and a neighbors have testified that the two brothers are the two men shown on tape... running from the scene. the trial will resume again this morning.live from mitchell courthouse, megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. the rules regarding speed cameras in speed zones could soon be chang. changing. state senator jim brochin is sponsoring a bill that will change when speed cameras can be when speed that will change sponsoring a bill that will change when speed cameras can be used. right now.. they can be active 24 hours a day.. snapping pictures of drivers.. who end up getting 40-dollar fines. the bill would change the law so cameras can only be active when crews are actually in the work zones. texting while driving in maryland is against that law ... but tell that to teens who say they just can't give it up. now.. there's an app for that. parents can make sure their kids aren't texting behind the wheel. a new jersey company has developed a new high tech tool to force drivers to change their bad habits. utilizing the phone's own g.p.s. system...the smart phone's text messaging would be disabled when the car goes over 10 miles an hour. coming up on the early edition... our team coverage of this winter blast continues... meteorologist steve fertig tracks the ice down to your neighborhood.. after the break. break.ááemily adlibsáá ((break 1)) a>b> ÷ 3 we have several school delays to pass along to you this morning.2hours late:anne arundel countybaltimore county carroll countycaroline county harford countyhoward county montgomery countyqueen anne's countyclosed: cecil county frederick countygarrett county no matter where you are this morning.. you need to give yourself a lot of extra time getting ready for work. work.meteorologist emily gracey is live in owings mills with the latest conditions the. there. with the latest live in owings mills emily gracey is getting ready for lot of extra time morning.. you need no matter where frederick countyclosed: county queen anne's countycounty closed: frederick county no matter where morning.. you need lot of extra time getting ready for work. work.meteorologist emily gracey is with the latest weather)) ((ad lib meteorologist)) 3 ((traffic reporter 3 3 meteorologist))((ad lib meteorologist)) 3 ((traffic reporter 3 map joel map fiber map 895map joel map fiber map 895 ((traffic reporter ad libs)) 3 we want to we want to let you know that we've just received word that baltimore city government is opening two hours late today for non-essential employees. and harford county government is opening at 10 a-m with liberal leave. all of those delays are on the morning news ticker. ticker. coming up next ... working toward a greener maryland. the investment companies are making to clean up the state's power supply. supply. and.. the new pitcher joining the orioles bullpen... later in sports. 3 bigger heating bills are here.... in novemer and december, central maryland was at or below freezing 458 hours, that's 130 hours more than a year earlier. so why would a company look at its bill and then choose to pay even more than it has to? joel d. smith takes a look at energy's cost of staying cle. clean. nat: 5108 our sort of plan is to bring yoga into an urban environment nat: and that's what they're doing at charm city yoga in midtown.... where they specialize in "hot yoga".. the temperature is set to reach 90 degrees, so the people are drenched with perspiration. but all that heat in this big building, makes their bottom line sweat too. 4840 its about half our rent, so it could be about 1500 dollars per month to heat this studio/ so with that much going to the power company already, co-owner chris blades made a surprising move. he asked constellation energy if he could pay ... even more! 4212 many many more customers have environmental goals in mind when they purchase their electrictiy, and buying renewable energy credits is one way for them to meet those goals. an energy credit allows constellation to buy renewable energy on your behalf. but that powr is harder to get.. so the credit costs 5-percent more than a normal bill. 4347 so they're issued to the generator of renewable energy, say a wind farm and we buy it from them, and that provides them a source of income they can use to support, developing more renewable energy resources.that's what these customers and staff at charm city yoga want too... but there is a limit. they can't go into the red, just to stay green. 4950 when we started buying it i thought the premium was 10 %, over norm for non-green. and i think our ceiling will be aboutg 20%. more. that would be real problem for us, stand up:27:16 maryland requires energy providers to turn in a certain amount of the renewable credits each year. right now its 5 % . but by the year 2022, its 20%. but president obama thinks we can go even but president obama 2022, its 20%. but president obama thinks we can go even further, and he thinks the marketplace will eventually follow. 3 " clean energy breakthroughs will only translate into clean energy jobs if businesses know there will be a market for what they'reselling. so tonight i challnge you to join me in setting a new goal. by 2035, 80% of all electricity will come from clean energy sources."4207 so renewable energy credit purchases are growing tremendously. we've seen ours grow 5 fold over the last 4 years, many many more customers have environmental goals in mind when they purchase their electrictiy. that's a good trend.. but in the future, with costs continuing to rise, there will always be a delicate balance between finding the best price... and the greenest. joel d. smith, fox 45 news at ten. 3 the school delays keep coming in. garrett county is now closed.. and dorchester and queen anne's county are delayed by two hours. the up to the minute list.. coming up. up. and.. the steelers super bowl underdogs? 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((break 3)) 3 coming up in our 6 o'clock hour... several school districts have delayed classes or cancelled all together. we'll have the list of the major districts. districts.