Performance for Phil Mickelson. Well talk about that in a little bit. Good Morning And Welcome to morning joe. Its monday, may 24th. With us to kick things off, we have white House Reporter for the associated press, Jonathan Lemire and u. S. National editor at the financial times, Ed Luce joins us early this morning. So guess what, everybody. The Pandemic Outlook is improving nationwide as new Coronavirus Cases drop to rates not seen in nearly a year. Death rates are also as low as theyve been since last summer, according to the cdc, 60 of people over 18 have received at least one shot and are almost half almost half are fully vaccinated, contributing to the sharp decline in covid19 cases. The vaccine makes a huge difference. Health experts do caution that the virus remains dangerous in communities with low Vaccination Rates. And thats that not enough americans have vaccinated to completely extinguish the virus, leaving the potential for new variants that could extend the outbreak. So