, which would have been perfectly legal according to tax code if they had the right larry. >> does someone named smith make you want to look a little harder at someone. >> every year you can anticipate that bastos rare. >> they say 1% still amounts to 20 people like larry who were flagged for back taxes in error. at issue, county tax records don't always have social security information. so the tax collector relies on a third party to match names and addresses. >> the they made a positive identification. >> in larry's case, they both had a portion box in the same city. >> crazy. >> when this larry pointed out he didn't owe the debt. >> they say you're right. you don't. >> but after weeks of waiting larry says the county still hadn't rights fur funded his money. so he called consumer watch. we called the county and he now has his check. >> thank you kpix. without consumer watch, i would not have my money. >> while it's been a rough ride for this larry, he wonders what's in story for the other larry smith. >> he might not be tore larry smith either. they might have another one out there. >> this larry s

larry e. smithis an original. >> there's more than one of us. >> reporter: but unlike his cool set of wheels i larry is not one of a kind. not in contra costa county where there's at least one other larry smith and he owes the county money. >> $1,244.05. >> reporter: but the county deducted that money from this larry's state income tax return which would have been would league according to tax code if they had the right larry. >> doesn't someone named smith make you want to look harder. >> we experience some mismatches but it's rare. >> reporter: the error rate is less than 1% this year, but that amounts to 10 people like larry who were flagged with back taxes. they don't have social security information so they rely on a third party to match names and addresses. >> it's not easy to make a positive identification. >> reporter: in the larrys case both have a p.o. box in the same city. >> it's crazy. >> reporter: and when this larry said he didn't owe the debt. >> they said oh, you're right, you don't

now, whether you rebounded from multiple bankruptcies like larry smith here or beat all the odds in theike andrew hawkins, newly signed wide receiver for the cleveland browns we want to bring you positive headlines that impact your life. people are wanting to do that right away. we want to spotlight that. our next guest calls himself an average joe but he saved $60,000 on a $40,000 salary. joining me a special education teacher and financial literacy coach from georgia. author of simple book of financial wisdom, teach your kids how to live wealthy with little money. danny, welcome. >> thanks, gerri for having me on. gerri: great to have you here. all right, let's start with the story how you were able to set aside all this money. what was your savings plan? >> well, we just did a dollar-cost-average. when my wife and i tracy got married 14 years ago we started setting money aside for our retirement. every single month a set amount comes out of our paychecks before we have a chance to see it, touch it, get used to it and spend it. so it is taken out invested dollar-cost-average into mutu

smith has all the fast breaking details tonight. >> reporter: the l.a. clippers are suddenly the hottest property in sports. oprah winfrey saying today she's "in discussions" with music mogul david geffen and software billionaire larry ellison to make a joint bid for the clippers. just yesterday she told tmz she wasn't interested. >> no, i won't be buying the clippers but i hear magic johnson might be. >> reporter: johnson denies he wants the team but today championship boxer floyd mayweather said he does. >> me and my team do want to buy the clippers. we can afford the clippers. >> reporter: but before any of that happens, 75% of nba team owners must vote to force disgraced clippers boss donald sterling to sell. today abc news called all 29 team owners to ask how they would vote. they all told us the nba asked them to stay silent. only one, vivek ran-a-dive of the sacramento kings said he would vote to oust sterling. >> these teams belong to fans and players. we owners are simply custodians and so i fully expect that commissioner silver will gt the support that he seeks. >> reporter: today lebron james, basketball's biggest star, turned up the pressure on the owners. >> no matter how long it takes, no matter how mu

smith is in los angeles. >> the l.a. clippers are suddenly the hottest property in sports. oprah winfrey saying she's "in discussions with music mogul david geffen and larryor the clippers. just yesterday she told tmz she wasn't interested. >> no, i won't be buying the clippers. but i hear magic johnson might be. >> oh, no. >> magic johnson denies he wants the team. floyd mayweather said he does today. >> me and my team want to buy the clippers. we can afford them. >> before any of that happens, 75% of nba team owners must vote to force disgraced clippers boss donald sterling to sell. today, abc news called all 29 team owners to ask how they would vote. they all told us the nba asked them to stay silent. only one of them of the sacramento kings said he would vote to oust sterling. >> these teams really belong to the fans and to the players. we owners are simply custodians. so i fully expect that commissioner silver will get the support that he seeks. >> leebron james turned up the pressure on the owners. >> no matter how much it cost, we need him to get out of there. whoever is associated with him, he doesn't belong in our league. >> how do you think the

smith. >> reporter: the l.a. clippers are suddenly the hottest property in sports. oprah winfrey says she is quote in discussions with music mogul david geffen and software billionaire larry joint bid for the clippers. magic johnson denies he wants the team but floyd mayweather says he does. >> me and my team do want to buy the clippers and we can afford the clippers. >> reporter: but before any of that happens, 75% of nba team owners must vote to force disgraced clippers boss donald sterling to sell. abc news called all 29 team owners to ask how they would vote. they all told them the nba asked them to stay silent. only one of the them, vivek ranadive from the sacramento kings, said he would vote to oust sterling. >> these teams really belong to the fans and players. we owners are simply custodians. so i fully expect that commissioner silver will get the support that he seeks. >> reporter: lebron james, basketball's biggest star, turned up the pressure on the owners. >> no matter how long it takes, no matter how much money it costs, we need to get him out of there, whoever is associated with him. he doesn't belong in our league. >> reporter: sterling has been in seclusio