consumer reporter sorboni banerjee looks at the pros... the cons... (car ad/sales/signs montage)to lease or buy...deciding on a car can be an overwhelming process... it can get confusing for people - so thats where i come inmeet the "car haggler" - up for hire to negotiate for you. theres been incredible lease prices lately and as we take a test ride - we get his take on which is the best move. i get people all the time should i lease or buy and you have to go thru some questionsthings to ask yourself: how many miles do you drive how long do i plan to be in this carthe car experts at edmunds.com crunched the numbers for the good old midsize family sedan which sells for an average of 25 thousand dollars. it depends on the way youre looking - short term or long term they found month by month - leasing takes the lead... as your cheapest option.294 to lease. buying used right behind at 400 a month, and 400 to buy new.but when they added up all the costs for the average time someone keeps a car - six years - buying used wins --- saving you more than 3000 d

fox reporter sorboni banerjee joins us now. people still just don't have a strong enough passwords, two we? i know. we keep getting warning with various hacks. consumers hate passwords maybe seriously though surveys report show many of we just same user names and passwords for everything from corporate emails company databases. and that is something the federal government really wants to change. with this whole outreach and awareness month. better business bureau right here tells us many scams and fraudulent businesses actually start by hacking your log-in. experts say you really should have a two factor awe then the indication process. what does that mean? when you log into a site you also have that sent to your phone and you have to confirm it. that second step is really important to lockdown your hangers at least for your email even if sems like it will be tough to keep track of. >> it's tough to come up with different passwords for all the accounts that is biggest challenge key key is thinking outside the box and creating p

i'm sorboni banerjee. back over to you. >> thank you. >>> and a new study is questioning the value of >>> caught on camera the bear who just wanted to cool off and as a federal prosecutor, i've spent my career prosecuting criminals and fighting for the rights of victims. i want to make the state attorney's office a model for criminal justice. i'll prioritize violent crime and be tough on murderers, gangs, and anyone who commits domestic abuse or sexual assault. and i'll make the system fair not innocent people. i'm andrew warren. (cynthia prosecutors say james mitchell wanted to steal his grandma's car.. so he >>> james mitchell wanted to take his grandmother's car so he beat her. he is going to prison. , we have more on the deal. >> one of the witnesses was probably his mother. so he decided to take a plea deal and is now headed to prison, i don't want to see him again. >> she will not see her son for a long, long time. he pled guilty to the unthinkable, we believe the evidence is such to proceed without

bring it down. >> with everything else. >> right. >> want that year back i'm sorboni banerjee, we get the experts to share their secrets. how to faster the faster closets after an obscene amount was spent building this controversial courthouse, the state learned the contractor had overspent on framed photos that were never used. when the state refused to pay, bob buesing sued... demanding taxpayers foot the bill, including his own legal fees. bob buesing profitted from government waste and abuse? now running for senate, buesing wants us to trust him with state spending. it's not uncommon for autistic kids to flap their hands. and so when i saw that, that was completely disqualifying. i'm a republican, but this election is so much bigger than party. my son max can't live in trump world. so i'm crossing party lines and voting for hillary. i don't always agree with her, but she's reasonable. and she's smart. she can work with people to solve problems. i want to be able to tell my kids that i did the right thing >>> we have details about a remarkable rescue in palm bay. look at this, stra

and let's go to sorboni banerjee for a consumer alert. and a familiar name. takata. >> and 6 million vehicles over safety concerns with the air bags. right now it recalls, japan, china and europe -- not the united states. the models are a corolla and of 2000 to november of 2001 and then again in april of 2006 through december of 2014. >>> less today. tampa snows super fest internet coming. >> this was a big deal. the fiber was supposed to revolutionize giving us data 100 times faster that was supposed to bring us better companies and higher paying jobs. >> that's on hold. means in general. what we know. >> and the officials here hoping that the process at least put tampa on the map for her companies. >> the technology is improving and i think that they are looking and others. i do think that just being in the market just the presence of them coming has a lot a benefit. >> there were 13 other cities and on the list. and it is expense tive install it and interest was not as high, let's hope he is right about upping the game. >>> what about non-competes. no more

fox 13 consumer reporter sorboni banerjee gets the experts to share their secrets on how to tackle the trouble spots in your home... specifically --- how to master... the master closets.... to save you time and money. music vamp???music nats lyrics up full:"you'v long..." it's an epidemic... of clutter we have toothpaste an epipen handsoap the stuff from when my daughter got her ears pierced the average american can waste up to an hour a day looking for things they own... so if you're looking for meds... it's digging thru all of this... but can't find. more shoes and things and clothes and hats when it comes to closets... stats show people wear the same 20 percent of their clothing ?80 percent of the time...we just kinda toss it and it kinda lands and to get it down i take a hanger - avalanche? everything that comes with it and accidentally buy repeats of products. getting organized... means saving money!when you have little kids running around u don't have a lot of time you say i'll come back and do it and then you don't. to help busy mom lorraine korb with her master bedroom and bath

." >> sorboni: welcome to "good day tampa bay" at 9 a.m., i am sorboni banerjee filling for >> alcides: thank you for being on board for the next couple of months. >> sorboni: we are waiting for news for. >> anjuli: as we -- for anjuli as we wisher the best. a baby. >> lindsay: fall-like weather. a tease last weekend and this weekend a little more warmth to enjoy because the breeze makes us feel milder. climb to 73 with a northeast wind at 7 miles per hour. some high clouds. you will notice those streaming from the south and west. if they hang on, the tonight will be beautiful. snap some photos and send them my way. sirata beach. fewer 60s this hour and more 70s. 72 venice and lakeland. wesley chapel at 71. and how about those winds, the gusts at 18 in lakeland. not just near the coast where we will watch those gusty winds today. to our south, well to the so south, showers in the keys, but for us, high clouds to con tend day where we will be 4 to 5 degrees above average in the mid-80s. a look ahead to halloween coming up. >>> right now we are following a news alert out of polk co count

>> i think so definitely. >> i'm sorboni banerjee for fox 13 news. >>> i can so relate to that story. >> lakeland is known for its swans. graceful creatures can found on picturesque lake morton anything but picturesque this morning as to chase and then net the birds. now the swans weren't hurt. city actually does this every year. thp being the 36 the annual swan round up. the big birds are getting their annual check ups. they need them. our ken suarez got to help. check it out. >> so swan round of 2016 i was lucky enough to be part of it. i've a. very small part but a part of it nevertheless here's deal get out boat on lake morton you take this big old net and off. kind of wet, huh? but i did. i think that has to do with a couple of things. number one the driver. steve williams you didn't dump me a one cops with lakeland, go go, we call him he said he would pay for breaks fast for everyone if they dumped me in the lake. that didn't happen. so yeah what do you do when you drive? you've go to 0 in on those swans how do do that? you pick one out and you talk to your catcher and say okay

and sorboni banerjee has what just happened. >> reporter: this is breaking news, the ceo has resigned. there was pressure for him to do it. he was grilled over the aggressive sales practices that were used over the years where they were under pressure to make more money in sales for the bank. they had customers open 2 million accounts that the customers did not authorize. they were forced to settle for $185 million. 5 million of that goes back to the customers but that was not really there was pressure to step down. and now we're seeing that that is happening. as far as what this means for consumers. maybe a sense of just sis but they're looking for fees to come back and any pay back that they got to the credit rating to have the accounts they did not know. >> we'll wait and see. >> are you falling a big recall. tell us about that. for 100,000 priuses. it is investigating reports of crashes. some deadly, related to the problem. according to toyota the parking brake on 2015 and '16 holeds can disengage. the car is left in any gear other than park it could role a-- roll away. they were

and sorboni banerjee has more. the administration has lifted the restrictions, the latest step in normalizing relations. >> you know this is not the cuban cigars the first time there is no 100-dollar limit. we were talking yesterday about the flights that are starting in december. if you head to the nation can you purchase unlimited quantities of rum and cigars if it is for personal consumption. and 150 people visited cuba. and many visit family there yearly. they should take advantage a cigar worth $100 each. travelers can bring back thousands of dollars worth of products. >> this directive outlines the future we would like to see, future of greater engagement, greater cooperation, and greater opportunity for americans and cubans. >> the administration is lifting limits on cargo ship travel making it easier for produce to on research they are making that easier as well. the rule goes into effect on monday. keep in mind when it comes to the rum and cigars they are subject to the same duties as other products from o

>>> i'm sorboni banerjee. we get the experts to share their secrets. how to master the closets to save you time and money tonight. a. >> i need to watch that one. >> markets slipped lower. >> and another one a new arrival >> and, now with gun smoke and the most scripted shows. >> and billboard has named madonna the woman of the year. she is the highest grossing and and the work and nuclear city and that saying something. >> olivia wild gave birth to a new shield. she was born on tuesday. and she joins otis who is now 2. congrats to them. >>> good for >> we're ready for the cool weather. 91 on the map here n kansas, dodge city in october 1874. take a look outside. we're still 85 right now. east northeast winds and i'm we'll zoom in. near palm harbor. this is steady to the west southwest. we're rain free and the headline everything is that front. >> and late october t is around and a development and do not be concerned. towards us. and matthew is unusual by now westerly motion. and so watching that east of the state. we watch the arrival of a front, this

and sorboni banerjee got a earned their first dollar. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> hello, good afternoon. >> come on, baby, good afternoon. >> don't be fooled, this is not an after school daycare program. >> oh, no, this a busy world of banking the money is rolling. >> here you go, businesses are >> shelia walker started the non-profit and in riverview when she noticed a lack of knowledge about managing money in her community, they said, what is this. >> and i was kind of floored i said this is a bank. she is helping them bank on their future. >> they were buying stuff and the bankers. >> with the free after school program dedicated to teaching financia >> i put the bananas there for a reason. tell me what is a want and what is a need when you went to purchase the items. >> you needed it. very good. >> and the survey by the financial educators teaching money management in school has a big impact on attitudes towards money and budgets behaviors later in life. a few schools work personal finance into curriculums, we considered this business beyond shows 30% of respondents th

. >> and sorboni banerjee has how to undo it. >> people have said have you done the up grade, people are complaining about the new system and no more swipe to unlock issue. they are complaining about the battery draining. if you can down grade and up back up the phone first. you need to do that because doing this will wipe out all the data so back it up on i tunes for the cloud, do you pants want to lose anything, plug the device in go. to the old ios 9 folder in i tunes launch it, restore, i posted it. and but worth considering if it is driving you crazy f you use another thing is data could be racking up charges without them realizing this. >> and this is without the latest updates. turn offer wi-fi assist it is supposed to speed up by patching weak connections but it can devour your data. go into your settings. turn off background refresh that lets apps refresh even if you are not using them so that's going to use the data as well. you ma i see the charges on the plan that's good advice. >>> vw will play the u.s. dealership 1.2 billion to settle claims to the emissional scandal. >

i'm fox 13 consumer reporter sorboni banerjee. we get experts to share their secrets if you want to be clutter free. how to master the master cosets. kids don't know how to act fake. i like your face. so we're learning to be more like them. removing artificial flavors and colors from general mills cereal. i like his face. you said you wanted to feel better about your cereal. general mills big g cereals hear you. that's why we say "yes" to whole grain as our first ingredient. and "no way" to high fructose corn syrup. it's not uncommon for autistic kids to flap their hands. and so when i saw that, that was completely disqualifying. i'm a republican, but this election is so much bigger than party. my son max can't live in trump world. so i'm crossing party lines and voting for hillary. i don't always agree with her, but she's reasonable. and she's smart. she can work with people to solve problems. i want to be able to tell my kids that i did the right thing i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. >>> fox doing the time warp b

. >> sorboni: good morning, i am sorboni banerjee. we will get to your forecast in just a minute with lindsay. but a check of the headlines. a woman shot by her husband yesterday has died. investigators say it was part sheriff's office after finding the elderly couple in their tar pan springs. robert camp shot his wife, edith and then shot himself. she was taken to the hospital in critical condition but then she passed away. a suicide note was found in the house. a woman spent her birthday behind bars when police say she sexually exploited a young girl for money. seymour turned 33 yesterday. and she gave a 14-ye-o hotel room and in return the girl agreed to prostitution. posted provocative pictures and then got half of the money the men paid her to have sex. investigation is ongoing. >>> in the fight whether red-light cameras legal, cameras one, city of oldsmar, 0. the florida appeals court sided with the technology ruling that the camera program in oldsmar is not illegal. this follows a similar ruling back in july in the city of vent

." >> sorboni: welcome to "good day tampa bay" at 9 a.m., i am sorboni banerjee filling for