Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 03/04/2019, including: Socialism talk will sink Democrats: How left-wing overreach could backfire big-time in 2020. “I don’t quite know what a handbasket is, but the Democratic Party is heading in one to electoral hell with its talk of socialism and reparations. Given a Republican incumbent who has never exceeded 50% in Gallup’s approval ratings poll and who won the presidency thanks to a dysfunctional Electoral College, the party is nevertheless determined to give Donald Trump a fair shot at re-election by sabotaging itself.“Democratic socialist ideas appear to be making significant headway in the party. The Democratic part is fine, the socialism part is not. It suggests a massive government intrusion in the economy that has not worked elsewhere.” Caring for kids and elders, middle-aged Americans – the so-called ‘Sandwich Generation’ - fall short on retirement savings Nearly four in 10 middle-aged Americans have no emergency savings fund and a third have less than $25,000 socked away for retirement as many grapple with the financial strain of helping support children, aging parents or both, according to a survey by PNC Financial Services.