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Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 3/30/2018, including: Truck industry leader blames big business for driver shortage. Todd Spencer, the president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, is holding big corporations accountable for the truck driver shortage. “Shareholders want to see greater productivity and lesser labor costs and that’s what they push for.” The median annual salary for truck drivers was around $40,000 in 2016; The Media Research Center (MRC) has launched a new project: Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers. As major news outlets increasingly rely on leftist “fact-checkers” to verify the credibility of news, this MRC initiative will vigilantly ensure the fact-checkers themselves are reliable – or, expose them as liberal partisans if they aren't; President Trump still wants a big, beautiful wall on the Mexico border – but now he’s floating the idea of the military paying for it. Over the weekend, the president first publicly raised the possibility of the Pentagon funding the wall, saying the “military is again rich” after the massive $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by Congress last week. Trump’s pitch is that the wall is a matter of national security; New York Auto Show: SUVs rule the auto industry, but is a peak coming? America is being flooded with boxes on wheels — and the tide shows no sign of letting up. But as another auto show is about to bring even more sport-utility vehicle choices to showrooms, it raises questions: How many SUV models are too many before consumers cry uncle and dealer lots become overloaded? And are we close to reaching a peak?
Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 3/30/2018, including: Truck industry leader blames big business for driver shortage. Todd Spencer, the president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, is holding big corporations accountable for the truck driver shortage. “Shareholders want to see greater productivity and lesser labor costs and that’s what they push for.” The median annual salary for truck drivers was around $40,000 in 2016; The Media Research Center (MRC) has launched a new project: Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers. As major news outlets increasingly rely on leftist “fact-checkers” to verify the credibility of news, this MRC initiative will vigilantly ensure the fact-checkers themselves are reliable – or, expose them as liberal partisans if they aren't; President Trump still wants a big, beautiful wall on the Mexico border – but now he’s floating the idea of the military paying for it. Over the weekend, the president first publicly raised the possibility of the Pentagon funding the wall, saying the “military is again rich” after the massive $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by Congress last week. Trump’s pitch is that the wall is a matter of national security; New York Auto Show: SUVs rule the auto industry, but is a peak coming? America is being flooded with boxes on wheels — and the tide shows no sign of letting up. But as another auto show is about to bring even more sport-utility vehicle choices to showrooms, it raises questions: How many SUV models are too many before consumers cry uncle and dealer lots become overloaded? And are we close to reaching a peak? read more read less

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