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today's friday, may 3rd, 2024. clearing out. police in new york city move in, clearing encampments at two schools in portland, oregon, jarring pictures of a graffiti-filled library after protesters were cleared out by police. the latest on demonstrations across the country, and what police are doing to avoid an escalation. star witness, donald trump's former white house and campaign aid hope hicks is called to the stand in day 11 of the hush money trial. what she testified about damage control in the trump orbit. reality check. the april jobs report comes in lower than economists were expecting, but that might actually be a good thing. what this report means. asthma warning, a stunning new report details the connection between asthma cases in children, and gas stoves. what you need to know if you use one of those appliances in your home. we begin with the increasing

crackdown on this friday on college campus protests nationwide. new york city police were called in break up encampments at two different universities this morning, the new school, and new york university, or nyu, protesters had broken school rules and defied orders the leave. dozens were arrested. nearby, columbia university, protesters chanted outside the residence of the university's president. >> shame on you, shame on you. >> not only are protesters upset with columbia's leadership, but faculty are also exploring a possible no confidence vote in the president of columbia. and, in oregon, portland state university says it is staying open today despite a chaotic scene thursday at the school library. police entered the vandalized building to clear protesters who barricaded themselves inside for days. over 2,100 people have been

arrested in protests across the country. joining me now are steve patterson at the ucla campus, and nbc news law enforcement and intelligence correspondent tom winter here in new york. steve, starting with you, the ucla campus looks a lot different now, i think, i know yesterday they were starting to clean up. what's the situation now, the encampment is fully gone? >> reporter: yeah, kate, save for the metal barricades behind me, the intense police presence which remains, some of the graffiti if you go close enough to the buildings to see and the intense media coverage, last few days, if you're just walking through central campus at ucla you may be hard pressed to know there was this encampment, this police action over the last 24 hours. authorities are done an incredible job of cleaning this up, turning tent is it into a college quad, that came in after police came in, got the order into thursday night to come in,

to remove this and disassemble this encampment, protesters holding the line until things got very testy between police and protesters, deploying, of course, those flash bangs and, of course, coming in with nonlethal weaponry, as their assertion of what happened is that, you know, protesters were taken out, mainly they waited to do that for the safety of police and protesters, protest, i spoke to one a few moments ago, her name is blare, she was struck with a police baton. i asked her why go through all this, with people watching throughout the country who want to know the purpose. here's what she told me. >> for me it was about protecting a global community of oppressed peoples, of people who are powerless in the face of unjust systems and oppressors and it was also about protecting the local community. you know, i came because i had friends who said they were in danger. >> reporter: meanwhile, the

chancellor has promised a full throated investigation as to what happened with counterprotesters, and of course the protests overall. back to you, kate. >> steve, thank you so much. and tom, there are growing questions about who is going to pay for some of these actions, these police actions that had to be taken to try to clear up campuses after they were called by administrators. what do we know? >> starting where we just were, ucla, a couple different components. cleaning up the school, cleaning up the graffiti, the tents, plywood, everything we've seen, you're looking at video of the clean yawp, this dates back to yesterday or the day before. so that costs money. then you've got l.a. county sheriff's office, you've got lapd, you've got the california highway patrol, tons of overtime, specialized units, people that are having to extend their days, early up their days, this is a huge cost. we're not talking about a couple hundred thousand dollars here, we're talking about millions of dollars and it may go to the figures of 10 plus millions of dollars and that's just for this

one particular school and we're seeing this up and down the west coast, on the east coast where weave seen it we're also talking about private institutions. these are institutions with large endowments, very well funded, and they're not paying into some of these city services that we have for instance here in new york. that's one of the reasons why new york officials are saying, you know what, columbia, other schools that are private, you've got to pay up if you're asking us to be on campus because of a public safety concern. >> are things appearing to start settling down a bit across the country or are you still getting the sense every day there are situations lining up? >> there's migrations to other campuses but not the large buildout of encampments. school for a lot of these schools is wrapping up soon. >> tom winter, thank you, and steve patterson as well. one of the flash points in the ongoing pro-palestinian protests has been university endowments. tom just mentioned this. student activists are demanding

their colleges and universities divest or pull their money out of companies doing business in israel. that's one of the demands. the problem is, it might not be as simple as that. data correspondent brian cheung joins me for this part of it. walk us through what protesters are saying as far as what they want, as far as divesting and how colleges disclose their endowments. >> all this in terms of divestment is part of the broader strategy of boycotting, and sanctioning any companies with business ties to israel. what the protesters are demanding, and this is what it's divesting from. the universities have large multibillion dollar investments they use to invest into funds to grow back into the university. the question is, we don't know how much of those investments are in any sort of specific businesses. requirements from the irs and s.e.c. to expose the broad mix of stocks and bonds and specific

companies being invested in but it doesn't really cover the large swath of the endowment, which means in most cases it's really voluntarily up to the university to decide how much, at a company level, that they want to disclose in terms of the exposure they have to companies doing business in israel, that's what makes the divest part so contentious is that they need disclosure first, kate. >> on some campuses, the administrators have used this as a negotiating thing, we'll give you more information about what we do with our endowment, if you'll stop the tent encampment. talk about the schools we have seen the most protests at, like columbia, what do we know about them? >> let's give an example of how difficult it is to get the disclosures on endowments by looking at columbia. in many cases the endowments are a pool of money. in columbia university, we're talking about a $13.76 billion, with a "b," that's huge. disclosures required, though, we only have detail on specific stock holdings that would cover about 68 million, with an "m."

if you do the math. that means we only know .5% of the stock-level holdings inside of columbia's endowment fund, not a lot at all, and it's very similar with ucla and other types of universities as well. >> brian, why don't they share more about these investments? >> well, really quickly, if we take a look at the reasons why, i mean, the universities don't have a lot of incentive to do so, because they don't want to reveal their investment strategies to other schools to copy them. and then they also want to protect the identities of their money managers, these hedge funds that in many cases prefer to remain anonymous, they don't want to show off their client list and there's the lack of requirement. the irs requirement for the annual, and s.e.c. requirements for the quarterly basis and doesn't cover that much, kate. >> just the piece of what the pro-palestinian demonstrators are asking for, a lot of people say there's no need to divest at all. brian cheung, thank you so much. to the latest in former president trump's new york hush money trial, today former white house communications director hope hicks was called to the

stand. she was asked about discussions ahead of the 2016 election. that focused on covering up negative stories about mr. trump. joining us now is vaughn hillyard, outside the courthouse once again, what have we heard so far in this testimony? >> reporter: yeah, kate, she is a crucial witness here, a longtime confidant of donald trump, worked as the press secretary for him in 2015, in 2016, on his campaign, and then served in the capacity as his comms director in the first two years of his white house run. and over the course of the morning, she has testified about not only when access hollywood tape dropped a month before the 2016 election, the concern the campaign had about the impact of the stories, the tape in which donald trump talked in vulgar terms about sexual abuse of women and then also testified here over karen mcdougal, and stormy daniels story, that it

was a concern for donald trump and the campaign, including just a week before when "the wall street journal" was about to publish a story and they issued a statement saying they were unaware of an arrangement between the "national enquirer" and the -- for donald trump, this is a moment, watching as longtime confi daunt, the two have not spoken in nearly two years, she testifies, but it's difficult, and just in the last few moments she began to tear up on the stand, we are told from inside the courtroom, and they even had to take a break to let her regroup. kate? >> more to come there, vaughn hillyard, thank you. time for today's cnbc money minute. walmart is recalling thousands of pounds of ground beef, and president biden lived up his glory days while testing his artificial intelligence. seema modi joins us now. >> let's start with the meat story. the usda has recalled over 16,000 pounds of ground beef for possible e. coli contamination,

packaged in six different types of products on april 26th and 27th and sold in walmart stores across 12 states. so far, no illnesses reported. the justice department lawyers, and google finished their closing arguments today in the biggest anti-trust trial in over 20 years. during the ten-week trial the justice department argued that google broke the law in maintaining a monopoly status as a default search engine. it argued its search dominance comes with its ability to give customers what they want. the judge is expected to deliver later this year. in his first direct experience with artificial intelligence president biden asked chatgpt to write a bruce springsteen song. in an interview, the president's top science and tech adviser share the march 2023 demonstration that helped him understand just how the technology essentially worked, and ultimately it influenced his

executive order last october to regulate a.i. kate? >> huh. so, i wonder what the song sounded like, do we know? >> i'm curious as well. >> we'll have to look it. >> i'm going to be looking it up. >> thanks, seema. the countdown is on to the kentucky derby, and steve kornacki, there he is, he's at churchill downs with what you need to know before they're off to the races tomorrow. but first, an alarming new report that links gas stoves to tens of thousands of cases of asthma, in kids, that's next. you're watch you're watch beforein my doctor and i chose breztri for my copd, i had bad days. [cough] flare-ups that could permanently damage my lungs. with breztri, things changed for me. breztri gave me better breathing. starting within 5 minutes, i noticed my lung function improved. it helped improve my symptoms, and breztri was even proven to reduce flare-ups, including those that could send me to the hospital. so now i look forward to more good days.

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we're back with an alarming new report connecting asthma in children to your kitchen, a study published in the journal science advances suggest that 50,000 cases of pediatric asthma in the united states were linked to long-term exposure tonight ro general dioxide from gas and propane stoves. joining me now is health reporter aria bendix, this has been a controversial hot button topic for a while now and this study is scary for all of us who have gas stoves. tell us more. >> yeah, this is certainly a concerning number, kate, so for context we know that gas stoves release this harmful pollutant called nitrogen dioxide, it's been linked to new cases of asthma, other breathing issues, and could even make existing breathing problems worse. researchers were trying to

quantify the scale of the problem in the u.s. they measured nitrogen dioxide when the stove was on, and when it was off. so they ultimately linked that exposure to 500 cases of childhood asthma, and they told me, kate, that's a conservative estimate, the real figure could be even higher. >> and this isn't just people using stoves in extreme circumstances. is it simple, everyday cooking or the extreme use? >> these findings apply to everyone. the researchers found the exposure risk was higher if you cooked a lot, used your stove a lot and also if you lived in a smaller home or low-income neighborhood. the risk was high for black, hispanic, african american, and native alaskan households as well. >> aria, this has been controversial, the biden administration has said they're not going to tell people to get rid of their gas stoves but there are millions of people who do have them. what can they do to keep their families safe? >> yeah, i think it's fair at

this point to assume if you have a gas stove in your home, you're being exposed to nitrogen dioxide to some degree. how to reduce open your windows while cooking is not a perfect solution, if you have a range hood, check to make sure that ventilates, and if that's the case, make sure you're turning it on. if it doesn't, that could circulate the pollution throughout the home and the final option is obvious but it's to replace the gas stove with an electric one. that option isn't feasible for a lot of households, can be really expensive. another tool would be to purchase one of those portable induction cook tops and use that whenever possible, kate. >> a lot of think about. our aria, thanks. an american dad allegedly had ammunition in his luggage, a judge set to consider the case today but we learned moments ago it now could be weeks until

there's a sentencing. brian faces up to 12 years in prison, he says it was the ammunition was in his bag by accident. nbc news correspondent sam brock is following this case for us. sam, good to see you. so what happened at today's hearing, why is it postponed now? >> we know there was a lot of buildup going into today, kate, certainly because of what brian's sentence might mean for the other americans who are detained, four in total, and the communication has been a little bit spotify from turks and caicos. this morning, the defense presented its case and the prosecution did the same thing. the expectation was the judge would rule today. those with the people facing charges. the decision could come down either today or within a 14-day window. we found out on may 29th, 3 1/2 weeks away, there is a scheduled sentencing to find out what the fate of this man will be. the mandatory minimum for this law is 12 years behind bars, there are plenty of examples of

cases that did not lead to that outcome, but the country of to the best of your recollection turks and caicos is trying to cut down on violence. but they were hoping this law would accomplish that. there's a number of american tourists not realizing they're carrying ammunition to turks and caicos, looking at a statement where their family is back in the united states and they could be behind bars for months or years. >> there's potential for a sentence, i guess, if fully convicted, that could be the sentence of years in jail. what are the families saying? >> the families are saying, >> the families are saying, we've been to turks auntie, you can't put that right in the dishwasher. watch me. with cascade platinum plus i have upped my dish game. i just scrape... load... and i'm done. in that dishwasher? in that dishwasher. only platinum plus is packed with more dawn to remove up to 100% of grease and food residue.

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acting chief of police will be holding a news conference at 1:00 this afternoon at police headquarters. but here's what we know so far. last night, a woman here at the extended stay america hotel on san ignacio avenue here in south san jose, called police to report a problem with a man. this call came in as a disturbance. police arrived the first time and they couldn't find him. and they left. she called the second time when officers arrived around 1030 last night. they made contact with the man who opened fire on the officers. the officers fired back and hit the man. here's a woman who was staying on the third floor of the hotel, where she says the shooting took place. we were actually asleep and i thought i was dreaming and heard, like, fireworks. and then all of a sudden, about two minutes later, bam, bam, bam. and i'm like, okay. i thought it was my friend or my daughter's friends. so i go to the door to yell at them and it was the cops. and i'm like, what's going on? is everybody okay? i'm like, yeah, it's a welfare check. i'm like, everybody's fine, what's going on? go shelter in place, lock your doors, stay down as low as

you can, and then we'll be back to talk to you. and about an hour and a half later, they came back and said that it was an officer involved shooting and took all our information. both officers were shot. one was taken to san jose regional medical center, where that's where the rookie police officer was taken. and is in critical but stable condition. the suspect is also. they're also in critical but stable condition. a source tells us. the suspect is 33 years old, has a criminal history and had an outstanding arrest warrant for alleged, rape and domestic violence. the second officer who was shot was taken to valley med, treated and released overnight. again, the acting chief of police for san jose is expected to hold a news conference at 1:00 this afternoon here in south san jose, bob redell. nbc, bay area news. all right, bob, thank you. and we will bring that news conference to you live once it happens this afternoon on air and on our streaming platforms. you can watch us on roku, amazon fire tv, xumo and streaming platforms including nbcbayarea.com. and from our app

in the east bay. a couple of people are without a home this afternoon due to that fire. you see, right there. it happened just after 10:00 last night in san leandro. firefighters say they were able to extinguish that fire within 45 minutes. they also say that the two people who lived in that house are now displaced. the red cross is helping them, and the cause of that fire is still under investigation. well, spring is in the air today, but the warm weather and sunshine aren't going to be lasting into the weekend. so here's meteorologist kari hall with what to expect. we still have some really pleasant and end of spring type weather that we'll see today. slightly warmer than normal temperatures in san francisco. expect sunshine and a high of 64 degrees and 75. in mountain view , and livermore will also see a high of 75. martinez 77. and then look at tomorrow's temperatures. definitely cooler in some spots, dropping some 20 degrees. and in novato and santa rosa, we're only up to 59, and

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it happened on thursday evening in south river, just south of newark. you can see the devastating aftermath in that video. still no word on the cause of the explosion. president biden is set to award 19 people with the presidential medal of freedom. the medal is the country's highest civilian honor, the recipients range from politicians to actors to olympians. some of the recipients include oscar award winning actress michelle yeoh, former house speaker nancy pelosi and former new york city mayor michael bloomberg. for the first time, a creature in the wild has been seen treating a wound with a medicinal plant. scientists found that orangutan in indonesia chewing on a plant and applying the liquid to a wound on his cheek. it's a plant often used to treat pain and inflammation. researchers saw the wound healing and no signs of infection. scientists say this helps them

figure out how survival skills develop. the latest jobs report, came in lower than expected but that actually could be good news. let's take a look at the numbers. the u.s. added 175,000 jobs in april. that is about 60,000 less than people expected, the unemployment rate ticked up slightly, but for the 27th straight month it still remains below 4%, and that is the longest streak of below 4% since the 1960s. nbc news senior business correspondent christine romans is nodding along as i say these things. it sounds, you know, not as good as we would hope, but we said it was good news. why? >> it's good news because the economy was just really supercharged and the job market so strong that they were worried, a lot of economists were worried it was going to be inflationary, so the fed is trying to get control of the higher interest rates. it's a number that's not too hot, not too cold, just right. 3.9% unemployment ticked up a little bit, as you point out

that stretch since the '60s, pretty remarkable. it's been a very, very strong job market. >> does that mean interest rates finally get cut? >> maybe. >> if they don't grow too fast. >> number one, the trend is your friend in markets, so a couple more months like this, you'll be able to start thinking maybe the fed could cut rates later this year. >> which jobs had the best growth? >> a lot of health care jobs. these are doctors and nurses and in hospitals, these are well-paid jobs all along the income spectrum. government jobs in social work, transportation, warehousing, there are some retail jobs as well. so, it's a solid broad base in job creation. >> anything else hidden in this report that you want us to know about. you have all your notes in front of you. >> i know, what a nerdy way to spend a friday. i like the wage number. another wage growth to feel like i'm getting more money but not

so strong that it could feed into the inflation story and also that wage number lighter than it was a month before but also stronger than inflation. it's a long way of saying your paycheck is growing faster than your bills and that's something that people will start to feel, again, if you put that together. >> money going further. >> more purchasing power in this era we're so worried about inflation. >> christine romans, so great to have you. it is friday. let's talk about hoop dreams, hours from now basketball star caitlin clark, making her wnba debut, practicing today ahead of her first pre-season game with the indiana fever. they're going to tip off tonight against the dallas wings, nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson is in arlington, texas where clark will take the court. hawaii, priscilla. >> the countdown is on for when caitlin clark steps onto this court and makes the debut.

the stands are expected to be packed. already, some opposing teams are moving their games to larger arenas to accommodate the fanfare as number 22 begins her next chapter. >> i'm just excited to get playing. >> reporter: a generational rookie, ready to take the court. for her very first game in the pros. >> i've been playing my best basketball of my life and, you know, hopefully, you know, just being able to replicate that in this league. >> number one overall draft pick, caitlin clark, making her wnba debut tonight with the indiana fever. in one of the league's most anticipated pre-season games ever. >> i feel like she's done like amazing for the game of basketball. >> reporter: after an iconic record-setting college career at iowa. >> the new career high. >> reporter: clark acknowledging the leap to the big stage may not be easy. >> people i'm going to be playing in this league are full grown, very strong women.

getting used to that physicality of the game will be one of the biggest things to overcome. >> reporter: her long range threes, number 22 will let it fly. >> i'm going to see what's going to work and what's not going twork at this level and refine that and continue to add things that are going to make me better. >> reporter: the fever are already feeling the clark effect at practice. >> i think the great thing about her is that she makes everybody better on the court. >> reporter: and at the box office. >> how many tickets were you looking for? >> reporter: according to stubhub, nine of the ten highest in demand wnb "a" games this season feature the fever, with lower-level seats for tonight's game going for more than $600. >> she has just made it explode. it's fun to watch. >> reporter: friday's marquee matchup, the latest milestone in a whirlwind month for the 22-year-old. in the week since coming up short in the national title game against south carolina, clark was drafted by fever. made the media rounds.

>> hi, i'm caitlin clark, guard for the indiana fever. >> reporter: hit the court for training camp, shared laugh with her new team at a times at a photo shoot and celebrated her one year anniversary with boyfriend connor mccaffrey writing on instagram you make every day better and i can't wait for many more adventures together. now with her next adventure just hours away. a player who has already revolutionized the game, ready to sink her next big shot. >> there are challenges along the way and, that's what i signed up for and that's what's going to make this really fun. >> caitlin clark spoke about the practice today, what did she say? >> reporter: she said she's glad this is a pre-season game. it takes the pressure off but just that she is so grateful to be here, she says that these bright lights and all of the fans are something that you never quite get used to but that her plan for tonight is to just go out there and be herself and soak up every minute of it. kate? >> that sounds good.

priscilla thompson, a lot of people watching, thanks so much. and an artist is recreating some of washington, d.c.'s most iconic landmarks with legos. nbc news now anchor hallie jackson takes us inside the big project. >> reporter: for richard paulis, it's the little things, the really little things. >> so this is my lego studio. >> reporter: the longtime lego lover building a business brick by brick. when you first started out was it for your own pleasure at first? >> just for the challenge of it. if you could look at something and say, how can you possibly build that out of legos, challenge accepted. >> reporter: his inspiration, his city, replicas of the capitol, the kennedy center, the white house, even the famous ben's chili bowl. >> a little napkin holder to the soda machine, the little hot dog. >> reporter: the tools of his trade tucked into begin binns lining his basement. >> oh, here. >> all of these matched by color, totally coordinated. >> reporter: by his estimate,

nearly 100,000 lego pieces in all. what you won't find. any kits or directions. paulis builds as he goes, like he did for his first big sale. >> i've always loved dulles airport. >> you have? >> six months and 70,000 bricks later. the airport itself offered him $10,000 if he could move it. >> i had to tilt on a 30 degree angle to get out of here and i had to actually saw the railings off of my stairwell to get it out. >> it's a business, it's also a passion for you. >> it really is. >> reporter: with more commissions coming in, each click, a connection. >> when you miniaturize everything, when you scale it down, it makes it more human, more personal. >> personal for everyone. >> i can't let you leave empty handed. >> even us. >> something i whipped up for you. >> hallie jackson, nbc news, washington. the first saturday in may is upon us, which can only mean one thing, it's time for the fastest

two minutes in sports, the kentucky derby, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, did you know that? joining me now with a preview, nbc's steve kornacki. he's at historic churchill downs louisville, kentucky. steve, i don't know that people understand that you are obsessed with this, that every year you go to the -- you're not just the political big board guy, you're the horse guy, and you're talking numbers. what are the odds this year? who are the favorites? who's your favorite? >> well, you're right, kate, i love being down here, it's one of the luckiest things. i think, getting to do what i do is to be here, you see the anticipation, and you can probably hear it around me, we're still a day away from the big one, big crowd out, anticipation building, if you're looking at that field tomorrow, 20 horses, it's massive, how do you make sense of it? the two favorites, the two horses likely to make the most betting, one named fierceness, fierceness is an interesting horse, when fierceness has won races so far, he's been absolutely dominant, has looked

totally unstoppable, and seems better than any other horse in this field, the problem with fierceness is, that he's very much a hit or miss horse. there have been other races where for reasons nobody knows the horse basically just hasn't run and he's finished way, way behind. so, he's either winning big or flopping terribly, which fierceness is going to show up tomorrow? that's a big question. and the other favorite, i think, is likely to be a horse named sierra leone who's very interesting too, because of his running style. he's what they call a deep closer. you watch the race tomorrow, you probably will not see him on your screen for most of the race. he's going to sit at the back of the pack, he's going to rev up and try to make one big mighty run, trying to pass them all. he's done that twice so far, maybe he can do it again. >> steve, i saw west saratoga on the list there. i go by the name sometimes because i'm from near saratoga, new york. that might be my pick. all right, we're not just talking speed, what other factors do you look at when you're trying to look at the

odds? >> yeah, there's also sorts of different numbers you can throw out there. one is sort of what they call the final fractions theory. you basically look at the races, the race before this one, that each horse has run, and what you're looking to see is who has finished that race the quickest, at the end of the race who was running the fastest? why, because this race is a mile and a quarter. it's longer than any of these horses have run before. if they were running real fast at the end of their last race, maybe that portends well for their ability to handle a rice like this one. a horse with the best numbers by that scale is named catching freedom. so keep that one in mind. >> what about you? if you were a betting man, and maybe you are -- who did you pick? >> i tell you what, at a race like this, i can't resist looking for a long shot. my heart talks my head into it a lot. i like a short named just steel. i love the story, the trainer is d wane lucas, 88 years old, the

horse has been improving, ran his best race the last one out. a monster price on d wane lucas and just steel, i'm going to take it. >> steve kornacki, thanks so much. you can all watch the kentucky derby tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. on nbc and peacock. and coming up, an important conversation about loneliness in young girls, stark new numbers, and the important role parents can play in trying to improve

in today's mental health check new research by the girl scouts of the usa, girls as young as 5 are experiencing loneliness, that can chip away at their self-worth and prevent them from making new friends. research found 68 #% of girls between the ages of 5 and 13 experience loneliness, and half of them say they find it difficult to make new friends. joining us now, is a pediatrician and board member at the national alliance on mental illness. good to have you, doctor, thanks for being with us, why do you think we're seeing those numbers, why are so many young girls feeling lonely? >> thank you kate for having me on to talk about this really important topic. i think loneliness is an epidemic, and it's not necessarily new. we know from about data, you

know, 10, 20 years ago that a lot of kids, a lot of young people, and adults, and elder adults are feeling lonely, but as we all know, the last couple of generations, especially through the pandemic, all of these facts have been intensified and exacerbated. this latest survey features about a thousand girls in the month of march. and as you mentioned, nearly 70% of them are feeling lonely. as they're growing up between those ages of 5 and 13, as their levels of loneliness are going up, their rates of self-esteem and confidence are going down. >> how does getting lonelier, these girls, a lot of them said they got lonelier as they got older, what kind of impact is that going to have long term on their mental health? >> absolutely. we know that as girls feel lonelier and less than, their mental health including depression, anxiety, rates of

disordered eating, suicidal ideation all of these kinds of things are going up, so loneliness and feeling less self-worth have real health impacts. >> how do parents and other adults around kids find out if a child is lonely, where can we start? >> reporter: really good question because in kids as young as 5, as what this survey showed, oftentimes loneliness and other feelings of stress aren't expressed directly. a lot of kids can't actually verbalize hey, i'm feeling sad or feeling empty or feeling alone today. and a lot of times earlier on in life what parents can start to look for are changes in behavior, or changes in health. so, for example, if a kid starts to have trouble sleeping at night. or if they're -- if there's a certain skill that they had already gained that they're starting to lose, like wetting the bed at night again, or if their grades are slipping or if they're just not acting like themselves, those are clues that something else might be going

on, that their stress response may be being activated by something that needs to be investigated. go ahead. at the beginning -- >> go ahead. >> half of the girls surveyed said they have trouble making friends. is there a way that parents can help with that part? >> you know, i think it has to do with building a kid's sense of self-esteem and confidence. and that starts really, really early. so, it's small things. it's complimenting girls, especially for traits that represent who they are instead of what they look like. so, instead of saying, oh that's a such a pretty dress, or you have such a nice smile, saying something like, you were so kind to billy today, and i really noticed that. another things that parents can do, and this is counterintuitive, kate, is letting their kids fail. so, supporting them to the extent that they need it, but really letting them try new experiences on for size, and

figuring it out on their own. that sends the message that, hey, i trust you, to figure this out, and i know you can do hard things whereas when we come in to try to rescue our kids from little things like let me help you tie your shoe laces, let me help you do this new thing that you've never done before we're sending the message that we don't think they're capable of trying that on for size, and it's being successful at that new thing. >> it seems like a lot of times parents do that with girls, rather than boys, am i right? >> i think it's absolutely right. and i think the other big piece here -- >> my fault, we're just about >> my fault, we're just about out of time and ion't want to d sometimes, the lows of bipolar depression feel darkest before dawn. with caplyta, there's a chance to let in the lyte™. caplyta is proven to deliver significant relief across bipolar depression. unlike some medicines that only treat bipolar i, caplyta treats both bipolar i and ii depression.

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