million in its face value but is bought for pennies on the dollar by this debt buyer in buffalo, aaron siegel. this piece of debt gets stolen. somehow aaron finds out from his collectors. aaron, something weird is going on with these accounts, it appears that somebody else has access to this information and is collecting the money from the dealters on this package before we -- the debtors on this package before we get to them. so at that point he called his fixer who's a guy named brandon wilson who's kind of his unofficial partner who's a former bank robber who's gotten into this business, helps him buy and sell debt, but also helps him solve these sorts of problems. and it's brandon who goes and tracks down the thieves that have gotten ahold of this debt and retrieves it. and we can talk about -- it's a crazy showdown with guns, and they get it back. but the world he must go to to retrieve that debt, that's the world that jimmy inhabits which is this kind of gray area of legality, kind of underworld of buying and selling debts in a sketchy manner that exists in buffalo and other places. >>

>> guest: the story, the way i tell the story in the book is it starts with this guy aaron siegel and aaron grew up in a wealthy and very well-known and well-respected family in buffalo. he goes to wall street for a while as a banker. he does sometime in london and decides he wants to come home to be closer to his family. he ends up working in the office at bank of america in buffalo. around the time he comes back what's happening is that throughout buffalo entrepreneurs are buying some debt, buying this paper, spreadsheets and opening up a shop where they hire a bunch of collectors. the profit margin, this is ready for the great recession happened to his profit margins initially are through the roof. he is buying a portfolio debt for 30 grand and in three months making 90 grand. he realizes he has done this amazing little mesh of the finance world -- niche of the finance world. the key to much of this success is he's got this apply to supply him with his paper at a really great price and it is really lucrative. the weird thing about this one is he is brandon wilson, a former armed ro

this >> guest: the story because of the way i tell it in the book, he grew up in with a guy named aaron siegel. he goes to wall street for a while as a banker, sometime in london and decides that he wants to be closer to his family and is up working at an office at bank of america in buffalo. around the time that he comes back what is happening is throughout buffalo entrepreneurs are buying debt, buying paper, spreadsheets, and opening up a shop. and the profit margin -- this is right before the great recession happened. his profit margin initially was through the roof. buying a portfolio of debt for 30,000 in three months making 90,000. he realizes that he has found this amazing little niche of the finance world, and his supply -- much of his success, the key is he has this supplier supplying him with paper had a great price that is lucrative. the weird thing about supplier, this former armed robber who spent ten years in prison but has reinvented himself as a debt broker who has this kind of genius for finding paper that is very collectible and not expensive to buy. and so even though he com

siegel live with more. amelia >> ror well, aaron, we have been here since 4:30. temper around 36 degrees. i he it feels much cold t6. only a two miles per hour. as we go to video, this is the sleo that the covenant house host bring awareness to the nearly3,000 homeless youth in the d.c. metro area. and on any given night, it's estite potentially 4 kidsavle on the str temree cold across the are wyo factor in the winds, it fee colder. temtugh now for the most part in the 20s. somothetee. like hagerstown this morning. highs today 20 degrees cooler thayey. bree toue entire day. it is feeling cooler than yesrd aroun time, temperatures only in the mid 30s. upp 30s for the afternoon. tom will be looking ahead to thasg in the next 10 mines now melissa has a look at the roads >> tyou, amelia. we a looking quite good. slow inside the beltway, d.c., 295as 50. let look at some of the routes head i town as well. 270 loing good right now. on tim at 55 miles per hour. in virginia, 66 east, no problem the. quanti to the beltway, a littlelo at 31 minutes. 270 ut from jermantown to e beltway, 16 minutes. s

busy weekend ahead >> storm team 4 meteorologist ramiele ya siegel live with your weekend events forecast. hey, amelia >> good morning, aaron and eun. and happy friday. we're at the national mall. coming in at 52 degrees. high today of 55. we're not going to warm up too much from where we're at. the winds right now 5 to 10 miles per hour down here at the mall. they're only going to increase from here. throughout the day, temperatures will feel like they're in the 40s. so you need the warmer jacket. sunglasses as well. we're at the national mall because of the heart walk tomorrow. festivities just after 8:00 a.m. expect to raise $2 million. 8,000 participants. it's going to be cold tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. temperatures in the mid-30s. high tomorrow, 54. another cool day. sunday looking almost as cool. we'll send things toefr melissa with a check of the roads. >> give me the chills already. still this crash up in frederick, 70 at 270. right lane blocked. just a warning as you head out this morning. no major problems right now. pretty smooth overall. 270 at clarksburg, moving along. 66 at virginia visitors center, all the

siegel joining us live from leesburg. what are things looking like out there? >>> good morning, aaron. we are traveling along route 15. we just passed leesburg. good news to report. we have gone from washington, taking the dulles toll road. now heading into maryland. dry road conditions across the area. that's great. the temperature here in the storm truck is now at freezing. obviously if there was still moisture on the roads, that could create areas of black ice. we have been driving now for a good hour or so. everywhere we have been looking at dry road conditions. the other element, breezy conditions. winds in leesburg 15 miles per hour, gusting to around 20. good news as well, though. we're not noticing the breezier conditions here in the storm track. like i said, heading towards frederick. we're going to take 70, back down to 270 into d.c. we will continue to bring you updates if you see any slick spots for that morning commute. aaron and eun? >> amelia, thank you. >>> two more students have come forward saying they were inappropriately touched by a substitute teacher. >> do you have any comment on that? >> >> new

storm team 4 meteorologist amelia siegel live in herndon tracking high temps from the storm team 4 x 4. >> good morning, aaronnitely cold right now. we have been here with the storm team x 4. temperature holding 33, 34 degrees. so the chill is in the air in a big way. good news, as we get into the afternoon hours, t win a little bit. but brief to what we're using to describe the weather. you can see high temperatures in your neighborhood. annapolis, 46. woodbridge, 46. washington hits a high temperate of 47. i high of 45 degrees and plenty of sunshine. over to melissa, who is tracking news breaking news over 66. 66 just befor nutley street. chopper over the scene. we have a three-mile backup at this point. it is very slow getting by this crash that is off to the right here taking up a couple of lanes. so be careful as you head out that. northbound silver hill road at brooks drive. brooks drive at pennsylvania avenue is your alternate. 66 east to the beltway, 20 minutes. 395 north you're on time. 9 south in maryland, skaggsville to the beltway, eight minutes. 270 south, jermantown, 16 minutes. mo on the 66 cra

we have amelia siegel looking at the best times to get out and rake leaves or blow some leaves this weekend i guess. >> that's your favorite thing to do, right, aaronolutely. . every weekend. >> we have been out since about 4:30 tracking the temperatures and the winds at the national mall. we're at 51, 52 degrees. winds not bad. 3 miles per hour. we'll continue to notice them picking up in the latter morning hours. maybe windy at times. i have to say, guys, it is a lovely morning here despite the crisp air, mainly clear skies. washington monument just stunning. mostly sunny today. for the weekend, temperatures remain on the cool side. 54 for a high on your saturday. mostly to mostly cloudy can skies. winds are not an issue tomorrow or sunday. a high temperature of 58 with plenty of clouds around. we will send things over to melissa for breaking news >> breaking news again here in rockville. northbound at cedar lane. one lane getting by. it has been shut down completely as they get the person out of this vehicle. cedar lane shut down as they get the crash out of the way. penn line all service suspended. mark penn a because of a wire problem. metro w

aaron. a live look outside. looking dry right now. there are chances that some people will get wet a little later. >> let's check in with storm team 4 a amelia siegel to find out about the weather. >> mostly cloudy skies across the area and mainly dry. there is a chaps of scattered rain showers. wet snow mixing in. it will favor northern virginia. those of new southern maryland and the northern neck. only 20% chance that washington sees any light rain today. most of maryland north of southern maryland remains dry. light rain and welt snow showers. but really nothing look we saw yesterday. i am tracking fog across the area back over the mountains. petersburg, stanton, winchester, visibility around a quarter mile. this remains an issue until 9:00 a.m. slick spots possible this morning with temperatures in the 30s. areas at or below freezing gaithersburg, stanton, petersburg. a high today, though, of 44. you can see for the morning hours, temperatures remain in the upper 30s. 40s by 10:00, 11:00 a.m. it's cold tomorrow. i'll let you know what you can expect in 10 minutes. >> maybe you are wake withing up and ready to catch an early flight to the airpo