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To learn the brasics of the industry and get hands on training. joining us is dave dime and student who hopes it get they're commercial driver's license this year. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. ainsley: tell us why you started this program. >> well, we started this program mainly because we saw the need for getting more younger people into the industry. we're currently short about 63,000 drivers today. and that number is expected to climb drastically over the next five to seven years because we have an aging workforce. mainly because the current solution is not...

Not just thrown into what the textbook says it goes hand in hand with real life updates as far as like videos go. what's going on in the industry. and we get time behind our own retired truck where we get to learn like your air brakes and stuff. so it's definitely a lot of hands on. along with just kind of gauging what the student needs. because everyone learns differently. some people are textbook learners some are hands on learners and that's something that i gauge and i like that mrt what each student needs and able to go from there. ainsley: dave, i know you said truck driving gave you a l...

Success. i definitely want to take what we learn and apply it to behind the wheel, meeting other drivers in the industry. and kind of just learning as much as we can. ainsley: dave, for someone who grew up thinking he was not capable of much. look what you are doing, changing lives and definitely found your calling and pouring into young people. god bless you. we wish you well, you are going to be stocking shelves or delivering all the goods we need on those shelves so thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. ainsley: you are welcome. the fda is set to clear the way for americans to mix and matc...