Ladies, welcome to you both. Let s go first to you, kathy, close to me in new york, what more are we learning from the cdc data on the breakthrough cases? reporter: good afternoon to you. We are learning the extent of how dangerous the delta variant really is and how contagious it is, even among the fully vaccinated. Cdc officials are saying the war has essentially changed. You mentioned earlier that there was an outbreak just a couple weeks ago in provincetown, massachusetts, and among the infected threequarters were actually fully vaccinated, and based on further testing most of them had the delta variant. Also at this current rate, according to the cdc documents, at this current rate we re seeing 35,000 breakthrough cases, but we do want to let folks know health officials are saying that vaccines are still effective, despite these new alarming numbers, and this is more reason for folks to get vaccinated, because we know now how contagious the delta variant is. It s as contagious as
all change at the top as the plane making giant looks to draw a line under a deepening safety crisis. the boss, chief executive dave calhoun, has said he will step down by the end of the year. the head of boeing s commercial airlines division will retire immediately and its chairman will not stand for re election. this all part of the continuing fallout after an unused door blew out of a boeing 737 max in january shortly after take off. no passengers were injured in the incident. michelle fleury has more. there is a major shakeup at boeing. dave calhoun says he will lead by the end of this year. he did on thejob in 2020 after 2737 makes jets crashed killing 346 people. now boeing is grappling with its biggest crisis since then after a door flew out of a 737 max jogged out to take off. dave calhoun says he isn t living immediately because he says he was busy bowing to his latest turbulence. federal investigators found problems with boeing s 737 production process. boeing stock
called for an immediate surge in desperately needed aid to gaza, just hours after the first un security council vote in favour of a ceasefire. the israeli government has responded angrily to washington s abstention in monday s security council vote which allowed the resolution to pass. israel s prime minister has cancelled meetings between israeli and american officials, suggesting a growing rift between the two allies. here sjohn sudworth. please raise their hand. this time, for the first time, none of the five permanent security council members used their power of veto. abstention? instead, the us only abstained. after multiple failed attempts, a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire was finally passed. the draft resolution has been adopted. israel responded with anger. while the resolution does call for the release of hostages, it argues that should be made a prior condition for any ceasefire. your demand for a ceasefire without conditioning it on the release of th