that is pushing profits. hasb hasbro, kellogg and coke say costs are rising. it forces them to take a hit or raise prices. in a tight labor market, you may have to pay higher wages. companies pay drivers 6% more in april. fastest growth in seven years. graduating this year? expect to make $50,000 per year out of school. the average starting salary for the class of 2018. little change from last year. with record number of job openings, 6.6 million open jobs. pay varies by industry. those in the s.t.e.m. field, you know this story. they earn more. entry left software developer will make $67,000 in the first year out of school. not journalism. a lot more than this guy made out of college. early start continues right now.
she is certainly out in public more frequently lately attending the state dinner for the french president and greeting three detainees from north korea. president trump said heading to walter reed medical center to see first lady melania. thank you for the well wishes. we at cnn would like to wish the first lady a speedy recovery. five days and the white house still refusing to apologize for the aide who dismissed john mccain because he is quote dying anyway. kelly sadler even flanflaming t controversial. the controversial story. and the white house talking about the leak and not the actual issue. kellyanne conway selling the same message. she expects changes because of the leaks.
the first lady at walter reed medical center after a procedure on her kidney. she is expected to stay there the rest of the week. details in a moment. it will be dealt with and has been dealt with internally. this is an internal matter. this is being addressed internally. the white house unable to put the brakes on the story that could have been resolved last week. now pressure builds from john mccain s colleagues for the staffer mocking the cancer battle. and gaza s deadliest day on the border in years. more protesting expected this morning. eight children among the dead yesterday. we have reports from gaza, tehran, beijing and hawaii. i m dave briggs. welcome back to early start. i m christine romans.
anyway. the white house focusing on the leak that brought sadler s remark to light. the president calling the story an overexaggeration. kellyanne conway selling the same message. she expects changes because of the leaks. some leaks exist to hurt i guess colleagues because they disagree with the policies. none of them is helpful. do you expect personnel changes as a result? i do actually. sources tell cnn that kelly sadler s job is safe. white house spokesperson raj shaw reluctant to say more. it will be dealt with and dealt with internally. the matter has been