it s taken 4 days now of alex hall who holds the discretionary powers as he immigration minister to revoke that visa a 2nd time. now i should say that these discretionary powers means he s quite a lot of power when it comes to he can, it can t, you ll be on the grounds. he considers you a public wrist or a health risk, or even on a, on a small scenario of a, making a false claim on an immigration statement. and in a statement released by alex woke. he said he made the decision on the ground. so it s in the public interest to do so. so this is yet another twist in the saga. the visa saga that involves novak doc of it s the office of the u. k. prime minister boris johnson has apologized to the queen after to merge the party was held on the eve of her husband s funeral to gatherings were reported to taking place in downing street during a corona virus locked on. india is daily current of ours infections have risen to more than 264000 the last 24 hours driven by the unequal invar
. second time. he s due to be detailed in melbourne at any point. we are following developments live from australia and the u. k. formulas is office apologizes to queen elizabeth for a party the night before. her husband s funeral, where coven rule saw her morning alone. ah! welcome to the program. the u. s. has warned the russia is preparing a pretext for the invasion of ukraine. white house press secretary gen saki said the u. s. government has information that russia has positioned a group of operatives to carry out a false flag mission in the east of the country. saki said the operatives were trained in urban warfare and could use explosives in fake attacks on russia s own forces to justify an invasion. she said miss information and false provocations of being placed on ukrainian social media to so division within society. kremlin dismissed sam to sabotage operation claims as unfounded as part of its plans. russia s laying the groundwork to have the option of fabricating
australian open title or set the all-time grand slam record. it is the latest twist in a saga of djokovic s own creation frankly, which started all because he refused to get vaccinated for covid-19. paula hancocks is live in melbourne with the big breaking details. paula, good morning. all week we heard that the immigration minister was still deciding djokovic s case. what finally tipped the scales? reporter: well, laura, we know that the immigration minister did decide to revoke the visa once again, and already this case is back in court. it is 9:00 p.m. on a friday night, and just three hours after the immigration minister made that announcement that djokovic s visa would be revoked, they are back in court. it is a directions hearing. judge anthony kelly, the same judge who back on monday reinstated djokovic s visa, is now looking at proceedings. this hearing is basically to decide what the next steps will be, and if there is a case to be heard. and if there will be anoth
6th. plus, yet another blow to the biden administration, the supreme court blocking a nationwide vaccine and testing mandate for large businesses. but the vaccine mandate for certain healthcare workers will take effect. also this morning, breaking news we re following this hour, tennis star novak djokovic has his visa revoked and faces deportation once again over his covid-19 vaccination status. this just days before the start of the australian open. so could a last minute appeal put him back into the tournament? here now from australia, cnn s paula hancocks, as well as cnn tennis contributor rym abalil. he had an skexemption from the tennis federation and they re revoking his visa for the second time. what is the rational they gave? reporter: well, jim, and bianna, what we heard from the immigration minister alex hall, he didn t give too many details but he said he was revoke the visa on health and good order grounds and it was in the public interest to do so. now, w
the news at 5:30 starts right now. thanks for joining us, i m terry mcsweeney. i m janelle wang. the omicron variant surges across the country. virginia is the latest state to make an emergency declaration to help hospitals where staffing is stretched thin. it s not just health care hit hard by covid sickouts. nbc s chris pollone reports. reporter: the omicron variant surge taking a toll on the nation s school and workplaces, forcing some health care systems to cut back hours, services, and even cancel some surgeries. we have plenty of equipment. we have plenty of medication. it is a staff issue. reporter: states are altering covid policies just to keep things running. in california, health care workers who have covid but are asymptomatic may return to work immediately without isolation and without testing. in georgia, teachers who test positive don t have to quarantine if they wear masks and don t develop symptoms. and in chicago this walkout by the teachers un