artists like sheryl crow or liz fair.oices were respected or taken seriously. ♪ >>> such a strange dichotomy to again sta fanny. you're in front of this band of all guys. ♪ ♪ that's all you let me be ♪ >>> "i'm just a girl in the world and that's all you'll let me be." it was like the middle finger to every guy that annoyed you. >> we ran into each other. >> thought we'd take you with us and alanis is here with a brand-new album, a brand-new look, i notice. >> i was dropped from mca records after having made music through my teams and my personal promise was i wouldn't stop until i wrote a record that exemplified and nailed on the head what was truly going on for me. ♪ i know the version of me ♪ would she go down to you in a theater ♪ >>> what did she say? they can say that? and yeah, they could. she was singing about a relationship that's obviously gone wrong but it wasn't nice like now you left me and i'm sad. this was rage at this man. you didn't hear that a lot from women. ♪ ♪ and you went away ♪ ♪ started there ♪ >>>

thank you to sheryl crow, and for spending your earth day morning with us.enture out on roosevelt island, bill nye the science guy is riding shotgun with al. we will catch up with them in just a few. >>> let's get right to the news at 8:00. the marathon effort to vaccinate americans against covid has hit a milestone and maybe even a wall. 200 million shots have been given, but nearly half of the adult population has not yet been vaccinated and many by choice. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer joins us now with the very latest. hey, miguel, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, the biden administration reached that goal of 200 million shots in just under 100 days. it means more than half of all adults in this country have received at least one shot as the focus now turns to many who may be hesitant. to help speed up inoculations the president is calling on all employers to give employees paid time off to get vaccinated or if they're feeling side effects after vaccination, but the race to reach herd immunity could be stalled by those who simply don