our emilie ikeda breaks down the new research. >> reporter: in a study that's stirring up discussionnd women are less likely to die or have to return to the hospital if treated by a female doctor. especially if they're severely ill. the study looked at hospital patients 65 and older who are on medicare, finding 8.15% of women treated by female doctors died within 30 days, compared to 8.38% of women treated by male doctors. although the number is small, the authors say that erasing the gap could save 5,000 women's lives each year. dr. amy fiedler was part of the first all-woman team to perform a heart transplant. >> whe >> when we see the impact in mortality, it means something. >> reporter: female doctors may communicate more effectively and help alleviate embarrassment during sensitive exams and male doctors may underestimate sickness in female patients. women's role in medicine has soared to record levels, up nearly 10% from 2008. but there's a long history of sexism in medicine that persists today. >> i'll be wearing a white coat and introduce myself as the surgeon. frequently, i

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nbc's emilie ikeda has more on this. emilie? for many people here in the u.s. in fact, one survey shows the majority of workers would be willing to take a 20% pay cut for improved quality of life. but how they go about achieving that is up for debate. as the digital age blurs workplace boundaries, there is a push to give employees the right to ignore emails, texts and calls after hours. >> calling me on my day off is beyond me. >> reporter: while similar laws have already been enacted in some other countries, california could become the first u.s. state to require employers to give their workers the right to disconnect during nonworking hours. unless explicitly noted or in the case of an emergency. violations could be punishable by a fine. >> it would be nice to not even have the stress of thinking that someone might call you. it would be probably be good for your mental health. >> reporter: california assembly member matt haney penned the proposal. why introduce this bill? >> you shouldn't, just because you have a smartphone, b

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nbc's emilie ikeda dug into the movement and the politician behind it. >> reporter: as the digital agelace boundaries, there's a push to give employees the right to ignore e-mails, texts and calls after hours. >> calling me on my day off is beyond me. >> reporter: while similar laws have already been enacted in some other countries, california could become the first u.s. state to require employers to give their workers the right to disconnect during nonworking hours, unless explicitly noted or in the case of an emergency, violations could be punishable by a fine. >> it would be nice to not even have the stress of thinking someone might call you. it would be probably good for your mental health. >> reporter: california assembly member matt haney penned the bill. >> you shouldn't because you have a smartphone be expected o work 24/7 without consenting to that. >> reporter: the overlap of work and personal life has been turbo charged by the pandemic. pew research reports the majority of workers respond to messages outside of their normal hours, at least sometimes. 28% do so often. >> i un

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emilie ikeda never does that. >> absolutely, never.re relaxing on the beach movement to prioritize work/life balance even if it means ignoring certain calls and texts from your boss. emilie ikeda never does that. >> absolutely, never. you know the feeling when you sit down for dinner after work or you are relaxing on the beach on vacation and you get a call. one of that is illegal. we are looking at the state and federal efforts to establish clear divides between work life and your personal one. stay with us. up to bed and— do you believe in ghosts? [whistling kettle sound] no? good! mother is buried in the yard. meanwhile, at a vrbo... when other vacation rentals have no privacy, try one that has no one but you. did you ever worry we wouldn't get to enjoy this? [jeff laughs maniacally] (inner monologue) seriously, i'm on the green and all i can think about is all the green i'm spending on 3 kids in college. with empower, i get all of my financial questions answered. so i don't have to worry. empower. what's next. (restaurant noise) in

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emilie ikeda is at a bee farm in new jersey with more.iac arrest. >> i looked at his face, and i was like, this is my baby. like, this shouldn't be happening at a baseball game. >> the family joins us live to share their story and a message everyone needs to hear. >>> and blonde ambition. reese witherspoon bending and snapping on the small screen. >> it's called the bend and snap. >>> country artists get a beyoncÉ bump. ♪ >> and how julie andrews really made the hills come alive. ♪ the hims are alive with the sound of music ♪ >> in a "popstart" to kick the weekend off right, today, april 5th, 2024. >> from south carolina, today is tammy's birthday. >> hello to my students in virginia! >> happy friday from kentucky! >> grapevine, texas. >> minnesota. >> and raleigh, north carolina. >>> on our 20th anniversary trip from utah. >> here to celebrate our graduation from wisconsin. >> back in newport news, virginia. >> good morning, everybody. great morning out there. it is friday, and we are happy about it. >> they're feeling it outside. oh, ye

she's on the inside. >> we have our expert, emilie ikeda. >> i've been consumed by my friendship and for more than two years, you know, just between performances on the highest grossing tour ever. and hardly anything gets by eagle-eyed swifties who are currently consumed about decoding messages about the album hidden in music, social media, even in murals. ♪ it's me, hi, i'm the problem, it's me ♪ >> taylor swift is ushering in a new era, with her highly anticipated album "the tortured poet's department," set to drop friday. and swifties around the world will not calm down about it. >> first off, get ready to get your heart broken. >> reporter: overnight, alleged rumors of leak of taylor's new project breaking online. >> that's not cool. just wait. >> reporter: one tweeting, please do >> reporter: one tweeting, please do not spread the leak. remember, this is taylor's work. respect it. the global sensation first teased new histic at the grammys. >> my brand-new album comes out april 19th. >> reporter: and in true taylor fashion, she's been planting so-called easter eggs about her alb

emilie ikeda is here to break down new research.oked at nearly 800,000 hospital patients over three years and noticed a difference in particular for female patients finding they fared internal medicine looked at hospital patients 65 or older on medicare, finding 8.15% of women treated by female doctors died within 30 days, compared to 8.38% of women treated by male doctors. although the number is small, erasing the gap could save 5,000 women's lives each year. dr. amy fiddler was part of the first all-women team to perform a heart transplant. >> whenever we see an impact in mortality, that's something to pay attention to because the difference of one life to any given person can mean the world to them. >> reporter: more research is needed, but the study author suggests female doctors may communicate more effectively. and help alleviate embarrassment during sensitive exams. also noting male doctors may underestimate sickness in female patients. in recent years women's role in medicine soared to record levels making up 38% of physicia

emilie ikeda managed to make it to work. she's joining us. what's the story?of. millions of americans use iphones to wake them up, but more people on social media are swapping stories and sounding off on the widely popular clock app trying to pinpoint why it's not going off. now apple is responding to what could be called a rude awakening. this morning the nightmare of sleeping past an alarm -- >> we slept in! >> reporter: is now becoming a reality for some iphone users. >> this has probably been the third or fourth day in a row that my alarm clock has not gone off. >> reporter: across social media, upset over sleepers sharing their experience with alarm failures, forcing them to miss school, work and even school pickups. it turns out some can relate. >> i noticed for the past week or so my alarm just wasn't waking me up. >> what's going on with the apple alarm clocks lately? >> reporter: apple says it's aware of an issue causing some iphone alarms to not play the expected sound and says the company is working on a fix. in the meantime, many sounding off on th

. >> we want to get to emilie ikeda with that. >> reporter: scenes like this are out of the west coast typically, but just before 10:30 friday morning, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake rocks the new york area with shocks felt 300 miles away. stopping people inside this coffee shop. watch as the earthquake disrupt a u.n. meeting. capturing the statue of liberty shaking. this woman lives by the epicenter in new jersey which sits near a major fault line. >> the house was just shaking. in my head, i thought there was an explosion. >> reporter: crews and first responders sprayed across the region he val waiting buildings. several homes in newark had to be evacuated and runway inspections stopped production at jfk and newark. no serious damage or injuries have been reported. >> we will review all potentially vulnerable infrastructure sites throughout the state. >> reporter: it is the most significant earthquake to rock the east coast since 2011. the strongest one in new jersey in nearly 250 years. >> this is a rare event. the earth is releasing stress that had built up with the two plates. it is n

. >> emilie ikeda, thank you. that does it for us today. don't email me. don't call me. don't text me. i'm off. off hours after this. just kidding. see you back here tomorrow, same time, same place. for now, i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. >>> good morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. right now, we're keeping our eyes on the white house for president biden is expected to speak at any moment about his efforts to lower healthcare costs, specifically cutting the price of prescription drugs. so he'll be joined by vermont senator bernie sanders. we'll be monitoring this event, bring you any breaking developments as they come in. >>> but, we begin this hour with a growing outrage over that israeli air strike in gaza that killed seven world central kitchen aid workers. we have now learned their names. they are -- in "the new york times" op-ed, the organization's founder chef jose andres called them the best of humanity. he went on to say, quote in the worst conditions, after the worst te

our own emily ikeda has that story. >> reporter: and justin grew up bowling here in lewiston, maine.unced he was closing the business in 2021, he bought it, just in time. >> we were bowlers and we knew a lot of the people here and we hated to see it closed. >> reporter: but, last october, his passion project was upended when the gunmen stormed the bowling alley and a nearby bar, killing 18 people. >> what do you remember from that night? >> thinking that samantha had been murdered. >> reporter: samantha feared the same for her husband. >> not knowing if he was alive -- i didn't find out for like 2.5 hours of he was alive or not. >> reporter: even nearly six months later, the emotion is still so raw. heartache, guilt, nightmares and triggers have plagued samantha and justin's days and nights. >> i did not think i would able -- ever be able to walk in here again let alone reopen the business. >> reporter: but, slowly, a change of heart and a feeling that lewiston needed just-in- time recreation. it is now in the final stages of renovation, days away from reopening. >> the people that w

nbc's emilie ikeda is here with more on this. good morning. >> good morning to you.tforms as a call to action to save the app. that's become ingrained in the american culture. this morning the fate of tiktok in a race against the clock. >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: the house passing a bill thatce to sell the platform or face a national ban of the widely popular social media app with 170 million american users. >> would force the app's chinese parent company bytedance to sell the platform or face a national ban of the widely popular social media app with the american users. >> i hope there is a way we can save tiktok. >> the vote passing with a resounding 360-58. online, some are rallies against the ban. >> do you know that 7 million small businesses in the u.s. rely on tiktok to generate revenue? >> reporter: urging their followers to take action. >> please contact your state senators and let them know you do not support this ban. >> reporter: some in congress agree. >> i'm concerned about the impact of the local economy across america and i'm hopeful the sena

nbc's emilie ikeda has more. the apa is not mincing words here at all. >> yeah, that's right.mes quote, particularly risky feemps that the apa says capitalize on the vulnerables of young people's developing brains. >> reporter: this morning, the american psychological association demanding change from social media platforms. a head-turning report, detailing what it says are psychological threats to young people. the highly-respected group, writing in part, platforms built for adults are not inherently suitable for youth. youth requires special protection. the apa calling out features like endless scrolling, likes and follower counts and push notifications that it says capitalizes on developing brains that are more sensitive to impulses, social feedback and distraction. according to a recent survey noted by the group, more than half of teens reported at least one clinical dependency on social media, something families described in "today"'s deep dive into the impacts of screen time last fall. >> it can be really addicting. >> they can hinder your life more than they do help it.

. >> emilie ikeda reporting there.shed love story: a personal history of the 1960s." a beautiful book we've talked about some on this show. good to see you. i'm curious with your perspective in the long lens of history, how you view these protests over the last couple of weeks on college campuses, how they differ, how they're the same from those we saw in the 1960s. >> well, i'm actually old enough that i was one of those protesters in the 1960s. i was a graduate student at harvard in 1967 when really it was the main subject of the day, teach-ins, protests, demonstrations, marches, i went down with a friend of mine to a big march in new york, a mobilization march. the two of us came back worried that most of the people were peaceful but there were some carrying vietkong flags. we went back and conservatively wrote an article on the need for a third party to challenge linden johnson in the hopes that all those protests could be put in the system. we heard nothing from the new republic. i was selected as a white house fe