it was an early midlife crisis. i'm glad i got it over with. said midlife is when you get to the top of the ladder only to find you had the ladder against the wrong wall. some of us think we want something, you get there, and you realize -- charlie: what yo did you do, realize, i've got to build something on my own? tom: spirituality. charlie: what did you do spiritually? tom: meditate. ching is my bible. i read simple sentences that make you understand our place in the universe. growing up in texas and new mexico, the older i get, the more i find connection in the emptiness of that space. i hope that i live long enough so the last 10 years of my life can be spent like georgia o'keeffe, wondering the desert with my dog, feeling connected to the universe. contemporary culture can be entertaining. a lot of us are addicted to it. at the same time, it can distract us from life, our place in the universe, why we are here, and connections to people. charlie: who was with georgia o'keeffe in the desert? tom: well, she had a very young friend called ju

. >>> a study that took nearly 25 years to complete proving skimping on sleep in midlife could negatively impact your life in old age. men who slept fewer than 48 hours a week were in worse physical shape than old men than their peers who had healthier sleep habits. the combining working hours and short sleep creates a stressful lifestyle. >>> federal health officials are about to start testing a vaccine it includes particles that will not replicate in human as a disease. scientists are getting ready to launch trials with the vaccine but there is no word on when it will be ready for public use. >> it ramps up your own immune system. >>> a little trouble for crews transporting the christmas tree. >>> a new study shows cash is king. >> reporter: how about this, john and kari, there is a new manager in town. what is going to be different this time around for the arizona diamondbacks? you will hear from the new phoenix is gorgeous! warm weather, blue skies, the sonoran desert. and what's better than doing something amazing in my city? doing it for free! hey! we hear you! discover the stress r

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.>>> celebrating a big birthday with a special cookie can lead to a midlife crisis. as jamel lanee' tells us, a pasco county assistant principal may have taken a bite that changed the rest of her life. >> reporter: assistant principal donna haff is not at anclote high school today. she was put on leave after being arrested on monday for a cookie laced with marijuana oil. her students can't believe it. doing a -- doing it, especially not her. >> reporter: she got sick after eating the cookie and was rushed to st. joseph hospital because she overdosed. investigators say haff .the cookie from her daughter because she wanted to try for her 50th birthday. braxton johnson said word spread around the school fast. >> it's been crazy. they've already got memes for her. >> reporter: she will not have to go before the director of relations. >> everyone is shocked and it's disturbing but given what we know at this time we have to take action. >> reporter: jamel lanee', news channel 8. >>> two days after staying seated during the national anthem and promising he would do it again

to come here and be part of this ceremony, let them know about my story and how that change midlife, that's just awesome. >> reporter: while our country considers the captain a hero, he thinks of himself as something else. >> i see myself as an american soldier who did his job. >> this is the greatest country in the world. u.s. citizens. >> i was waiting for this day. i'm not very happy. >> it feels great to be finally an american. >> reporter: first lesson for these new american, nothing is complete until the paper work is signed. >> congratulations. >>> you can expect the roads to be packed as many head out for travel this career. 43 million of them will be driving. air travel will also be up compared to last year. >> oil prices are dropping. >> the airlines are predicting the busiest thanksgiving travel season in history. >> wednesday and sunday expect it to be the busiest travel days, thanksgiving day will be the l weather updates to help you while traveling. >>> still to come, a plan to curb dangerous driving near school zones. i'll tell you why it could really slow down your co

i'm the new sales rep of the entire eastern district, and i got yoyoto thank for my midlife career move. yes, sirree, this a.m., mort keyes was a journeyman dragging his tail through the listless seas this evening, take a look at this -- mother nature may get mugged, but you'll have yours, dipping in the jacuz, dining on your cuisine nouvelle, a thousand feet beneath the e ss. damn, it's a vital product! [ exhales ] excuse me, i'm detective belker. i'm doing some i iestigating on a custody case. i'd like some xeroxes made, please. detective... could i see you for a moment, please? sure. i know you've taken an interest in the karns case, so before you spend any more time on it, i want to let you know where we stand. good. where do we stand? there's been tremendous negative reactiti up and down the floor to the hostage-taking. ms. forbes is devastated. she's asking for work lelee. and so mr. karns is not going to get his child? a family court judge will make that decision, of course. most of the time. i just thought he wawa an okay guy -- mr. karns. he wasn't that okay. we have records go

these dogs they are smaller and they are basically healthy so they live about 17 or 18 years so he is midlife. great family dog. they are hypoallergenic. they don't shed. i can't say enough nice things about pools and portal mixes.>> you do have to groom them. but that means you don't have to give them a bath . you take them to you would be silver lining. >> he is wonderful. sooner i don't know what else to say about him. he is a great dog. >> gibson would love him and so would gracie i am sure. >> i have two already. if you would like to adopt ranger or any of the other at petco animal shelter give them a call. the number is right on your screen. coming up snow, snow, and more snow. how much as expected at west with the first major snowfall of the season and how it is already causing headaches for drivers must it is mickey's birthday today how disney abc action news are celebrating an at 9:30 incredible video shows the moments a car comes crashing through the front of the bar. please trying to track down the driver still. what we are learning about the moments leading up to what you see. >>>

, i don't want to say that the book you're working on now about a brooklyn writer going through a midlife crisis is dumper say, but this other book sounds pretty interesting. i said, huh. so i went to my agent. i worked with for 18 years and told her and she said, well, both ideas sound good, which is not very helpful. but then she emailed me on a sunday which she never does and usually your agent tries to contact you on a sunday you've done something wrong. instead she said, i can't stop thinking about that other idea. i was like, huh, two. so wednesday was shrink day. so i told my shrink. and she said, what, are you crazy? [laughter] i mean we both know you're crazy but it sound like this is the thing you should be working on. i went back to my editor who i have worked with for a long time and i sold this other idea and, she just said, giddy up, mother blankety-blank, which is old school publishing talk, that is a good idea and we should pursue it. [laughter]. so i did and this is the result. so i'm going to read two brief sections. one is early in the book. it's the birthday of old joc

i tell myself it's a midlife crisis, i should stand by him. who is this woman? saved $35,000 from selling a taxi medallion. all of a sudden he's a storefront gypsy. the landlomade a comp. imals. we like at 147th street and decker. we have an apartment, it's very nice. and he sits like a meshugana, on the floor, in a store front, cooking terrible foods without vents. thank god, madam, i am not your husband or i'd strangle you with my bare hands. he puts up a sign, "tarot readings." god forbid someone should ask him to read one. book him! maybe he'll forget about this nonsense. if you book me, mister... don't make me add resisting, sir -- all right, you g ge me no other choice. dark eye of satan, lord of romani. the blood has been betrayed. let 100 demons reign. what did you just do to me? the curse of 100 demons. if there is s worse curse i don't want to know from it. come on! domestic call, renko. he put a curse on me. renko. i can't work with no curse. what makes you so special? dispatch. we have a 911 -- armed robbery in progress, office russo and lieutenant g

. >> so, this isn't some kind of deplayed midlife crisis here?anna or someone like her to have a final happy chapter in your life? >> no. >> new house. >> we were happy. >> do you see how perplexing it is? it's confounding. >> that's what i've told everybody. when they hear the story, they're not going b to believe it. i have a hard time believing that i did what i did. >> one thipg he didn't do, how about a divorce. >> never crossed my mind. >> keith now says the remorse began the moment he pulled out of the driveway. >> trying to get out of the subdivision, crying before i ever get out. regretting what i done. i probably drove 100 miles an hour all the way back hoping to get caught. >> as for the future, keith says he is prepared to die in prison. >> i don't have anything to live for except maybe forgiveness from my boys. >> that's why you're talking today. >> exactly. yes. >> it's between you and them, but my take on it is you got some distance to make up. >> i know i do. a lot to make up. >> of the countless things keith stole from his family