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A purpose to help the patient feel known and understood. >> reporter: he is not alone. 65 and older americans are the fastest growing group in the u.s. and 31 million baby boomers say they are considering new career. >> they are restless and ready for a new chapter and it is a chapter that may not last as long as a midlife career but can weigh as much. >> reporter: there are times he misses the adrenalin and excitement of the investment career but he feels more alive as a chaplain. >> it is sati...

Low bank accounts or boredom they are launching a new second career or start their own business. bri know has the trend>> reporter: they are currently in the middle of the on course state. they are focusing on personal fulfillment and jobs with a sense of purpose and a cause greater than themselves. becoming educators and missionaries and social workers. the 60 or old was a wall street investment banker 20 years before the 9/11 attacks motivated him to be a chaplain. he is a rabbinic pastor in c...

Life career, but can be a significant -- can weigh as much. >> reporter: the 60-year-old david was a wall street investment banker for 24 years before the 9-11 attacks motivated him to pursue a passion, chaplaincy. today he is a rabinic chaplain in connecticut. over the last season years, hes been comforting and visiting patients all while training others to become chaplains themselves. >> by listening and being accepting and reflecting exactln negotiations, i now use it for very different purpo...

Can be a significant -- can weigh as much. >> reporter: 60-year-old david clipper was a wall street investment banker for 24 years before the 9-11 attacks motivated him to pursue a passion, chaplaincy. today he is a rabinic pastor and chaplain in connecticut. over the last seven years, hes been comforting and visiting patients, all while training others to become chaplains themselves. >> by listening and being accepting and reflecting exactly the same skill set i used in negotiation, i now use i...

>> by listening and being accepting and reflecting exactly the same skill set i used in negotiation, i now use it for a different purpose which is to help the patient feel known and understood. >> he admits there are times he misses the adrenaline and excitement of his investment career, but today has no urge to retire. he says he feels more alive as a chaplain. >> it is satisfying in a different way. you speak of being able to contribute and being able to give back. i think thats a lot of what ...

Marshall, she just wrote, southern white radicals vowed to stomp implementation of the obamacare law, leading one to wonder if tea party members would oppose health care if not from a nonblack president. is that why, because of racism towards the president, or is a lousy website that just didnt work? you decide. and then there is new york citys sanitation department chaplain, reverend fred lucas jr. comparing new york city to a plantation. a plantation, you know what thats code for. in a few day...

Believe and understand that 2016 is not 1992 and that in 1992 the democratic party needed certain prescriptions that dont necessarily apply in 2016. and so i dont think its entirely cynical. >> to your point of the change in times, this democratic party is a far cry from what the clintons knew in the 90s. how much is too much? heres what politico has written. as the clintons looked on, the inauguration offered reminders of just how much more liberal the democratic partys base has become since th...

Centerism in the 90s. one chaplain described new york city as a plantation. singer harry bellefonte denounced the stop and frisk policy. and de blasio himself made it clear he would not back away from a pledge to reform that policy. while its early, hillary is going to have to be careful not to stray too far left. her numbers took a hit in the fall. in april 46% of independents viewed her in a positive liegts. in october that dropped to 35%. how does sh e remain among progressives on the left wh...

The clintons than the new mayor. we are talking about the clintons. bill: did you follow the new york city mayor tweet line yesterday? i thought i was reading pravda. i have lived in new york for 12 years. i walk these sidewalks every day. i see people from all over the world who made a choice to live in this great city because they want a better shot at life. but this is americas under life. why are we demonizing this yesterday. we had a chaplain who called new york city a plantation. whats goi...

Few nice words. it was very striking. harry belafonte tee and the new public advocate la tear a james described the city as very divided. and a chaplain for the sanitation department actually referred to new york city as a plantation. so there were very harsh words and through all of them mayor bloomberg sat there rather stone-faced, as you can imagine. >> chris, what does it foretell for the clintons and their connection to deblasio and this sort of split in the party between the progressive wi...