some of hal katz's friends see him differently. >> i didn't dislike him, but i came to think he was not a good businessman. >> michael cohen may know katz better than most. for years, he was the attorney to the insurance agency. he invested more than a million dollars of his money in the financial arm of katz's business. >> obviously, when you enter an arrangement like this, you have to have trust. i'm disappointed the trust wasn't warranted. >> it's a discovery he made last fall. as abc2 news investigators first told you last november. katz's license was revoked to sell insurance as he committed fraudulent practices. $2million are missing from insurance payment plan. the lending arm of his company with more man a dozen creditors including michael cohen left on the hook. >> everybody as far as i know had some personal relationship with hall katz and so essentially, it's not only just a question of misappropriation of money, but it's a betrayal of trust. >> and it may be a costly mistake in judgment for friends and family. some of whom cohen says lost their college funds, their retiremen

now that hal katz is out of business, the millions they gave him is gone. friends and family say they're fighting to get back what they lost when they trusted mr. katz. . >> tonight at 11 what of katz' closest friends talk about the betrayal of trust. >>> shoppers headed back to stores to return presents and pick up deals. we'll take you inside a store where customers flock. >> and news about children and obesity. what positive signs research has uncovered. >> i'm meteorologist wyatt everhart. an ugly day of winter weather and cold rain, but a new storm is beginning to brew to the south and the west. we'll talk about what that could mean for your neighborhood after the break. >>> efforts to avoid the fiscal cliff will get underway tomorrow. president obama spent the day in hawaii thanking the troops for their service. time is running out and so far, lawmakers have struggled to find a compromise. >> then they say go back to the table, not your own table, but the table in washington because middle class people shouldn't have their income go up an average of $

now that hal katz business has gone belly up, they're out of luck. investigators continue digging into the story we first brought you in october. some lost college funds, life savings after funding one of katz' companies. >> it's not just a miss proargs of money -- misappropriation of money but a lack of trust. >> how many millions are missing. >>> winter weather is here in maryland and with it a serious skin condition. how to pretext your skin from cracking in the cold. >>> plus, it's time for that after christmas shopping. and, later, running your home on a remote. we'll look at the benefits of using a home automation system. those stories and more when we come back. >> the wind and the rain picking up, but we'll talk about the next storm approaching maryland. it will be in here for the weekend. it's coming up. Ñ? >>> now that we've seen snow, people are pulling out shovels and in some cases snowblowers. they can be dangerous if you're not careful. doctors say every year they still see hundreds of people coming in with snowblower injuries. >> a lot