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So we re excited. reporter: the cdc releasing new data showing the breakthrough infection rate for those who are fully vaccinated just .01%. that means of the 101 million people they followed, there were just over 10,000 breakthrough infections. most had mild or no symptoms. david? and that is really encouraging. eva pilgrim tonight. eva, thank you. now, to the growing outrage over what are calling state-sponsored hijacking of that passenger jet in belarus and then the arrest of a journalist onboard. for the first time tonight, we now hear the air traffic controllers telling the pilots to land because of a security treat. the pilots then asking, where is this coming from? abc s chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz again tonight. reporter: for the first time tonight, we hear the moment ryanair pilots were told by air traffic controllers in belarus there was a bomb on board the flight. for security reasons, we recommend you to land at umms. ....
ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Pressure is building in both parties for Biden to address certain issues. • 7 min read 1-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death Rallies and marches have started Sunday, as Minneapolis remembers the moment that sparked a racial reckoning, a year ago. Stefani Reynolds/Pool/Getty Images There s a segment of the country for whom there is no more pressing priority than the policing and racial-justice issues getting fresh attention with the anniversary of George Floyd s death on Tuesday. There s a segment of the country for whom there is no more pressing priority than the debate over election integrity getting fresh attention with county audits, state legislative scrambles and efforts to create a commission on the attempted insurrection at the Capitol. ....
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ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn The gathering of conservatives gets underway as a tribute to all things Trump. • 6 min read House GOP leaders clash over Trump at CPAC Former President Donald Trump was the subject of an awkward clash Wednesday between House GOP leaders over his speaking at CPAC this weekend.Joe Skipper/Reuters Can you have a battle for a party if only one side is invited to the fight? The Conservative Political Action Conference has long been a colorful if sometimes unreliable gauge of the state of the movement that powers the Republican Party. This year … not so much. ....
ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Joe Biden inherits President Trump’s actions and as well as his inactions. • 7 min read New coronavirus cases on decline as US death toll nears 400,000 Infectious disease specialist Dr. Todd Ellerin discusses how to close the vaccine administration gap, President-elect Joe Biden s vaccine distribution plan and the staggering U.S. death toll numbers.Matt Slocum/AP The challenges are immense crises of public health, the economy, race relations and civic life itself big enough by themselves to define the course of a presidency. As overwhelming as the obstacles confronting President-elect Joe Biden might seem, it s not possible to separate them and deal with them one at a time. They connect to each other at uncomfortable angles, shaped by partisanship and the outgoing president himself in complex ways that have been revealed in the run-up to the inauguration. ....