Empty seats can't cheer.

They don't tailgate and they don't know fight songs.

Empty seats don't sing during seventh inning stretches.

And they don't know stats or superstitions.

There's a soundtrack for places like this and it isn't made in a studio.

It's made by you. So when it's your turn to get the vaccine, be a fan. Take the shot. Singer Brad Paisley is ready for live concerts again. Are you?

He's urging his fans to get vaccinated so that can happen. And a lot of the country

is heating that message in some way, shape, or form. Yesterday, the government announced that

half of U.S. adult population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

That's pretty amazing. The CDC reported that almost 130

million people, 18 and older, have started the vaccine regimen, and almost 84 million adults

are fully vaccinated, which is about 32.5% of the population. We are getting there. Good morning and

welcome to morning, Joe. It's Monday, April 19th. With us, we have White House reporter for the

Associated Press, Jonathan Lemire, Washington anchor for BBC World News America, Katie Kaye,

Professor at Princeton University, Eddie Claude Jr.

And professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas,

Victoria DeFrancisco Soto. Thank you all so much for being with us this morning.

We're going to get to that good news on the vaccine in just a moment. But first, we begin this morning with Minneapolis and the whole country, really,

on edge as a verdict in the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin could come

this week. Closing arguments are set to begin today.

The prosecution and defense will make their final cases to the jury before it's

sequestered for deliberations.

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