the government had requested the tennis star s court hearing be postponed until wednesday, but it will go ahead as planned on monday morning. the world number one men s tennis player who is opposed to vaccination is being held in an immigration detention centre. his case has caused a huge outcry in australia and made headlines around the world. simonjones reports. serbian music plays. supporters of novak djokovic gather outside the immigration detention centre in melbourne where he s staying. they want to see him on the tennis court. but the countdown is now on to his court case. 0h, mate, i haven t slept since he came off the plane, we re all sick to the stomach. it s a very unfortunate situation for australia. it s becoming very embarrassing. this was djokovic arriving on wednesday. his legal team say he had received a vaccine exemption to enter the country from tennis australia, because he had tested positive for covid on december 16th. that was the day on which these pictures w
going to high school and reporting on kennedy at your high school for a paper. i mean, incredible. carl bernstein congratulations. the book is just chasing history, a kid in the newsroom and comes out tomorrow. it is a great, great read. carl is going to join me wednesday on our digital show for more full circle. up next, now that a judge has agreed tennis great and vaccine opponent novak djokovic to play in the australian open because he tested positive for covid on december 16th here is a question. what was he doing on december 17th maskless at a public event for kids? we ll talk about it with former pro james blake. get a quote today. we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum why do people who live with generalized myasthenia gravis want a new treatment option? because we want to be able to get up and get ready for work. because the animals need to be cared for,
thing. it was close to midnight when he went to the arena and court. he s won this title nine times in his career. here have the things he will have to answer to when he does address media. that will happen in next couple of days. you tested positive on december 16th home in belgrade and serbia. you received the positive test later that night. we have seen instagram post and videos and pictures of him out and about doing a panel discussion in serbia and with a bunch of young tennis players giving out awards. he s done a lot of great things for charity and australia throughout his career. a lot of questions about if you tested positive for covid on december 16th, why were you out and about for the next 24 hours. maybe legally he could do that. morally, he s got some questions to answer on that front. i believe it s going to be chaotic when he takes to the court, if he takes to the court.
the player is being held in an immigration detention centre while the legal fight continues. his case has caused a huge outcry in australia and made headlines around the world. simonjones reports. serbian music plays. supporters of novak djokovic gather outside the immigration detention centre in melbourne where he s staying. they want to see him on the tennis court. but the countdown is now on to his court case. 0h, mate, i haven t slept since he came off the plane. we re all sick to the stomach. it s a very unfortunate situation for australia. it s becoming very embarrassing. this was djokovic arriving on wednesday. his legal team say he had received a vaccine exemption to enter the country from tennis australia, because he had tested positive for covid on december 16th. that was the day on which these pictures were taken, showing djokovic maskless at a ceremony in his home country of serbia,
organizers of the tournament. so it really was a procedural matter, which is why he has been released. but that may not be all we have heard from the ministry. the minister may, in fact, use his personal power in order to step in and revoke the visa himself. it s uncertain at this point whether or not he will do that. what we have been seeing is quite interesting in court. an affidavit said he was aware he had tested positive for covid on december 16th. of course this raises questions on the 16th and 17th we did see him in public through photos on social media, on his own social media. he was at a panel discussion maskless. he was also at a tennis awards ceremony. so that is raising questions as to why he was out and about knowing he was positive with covid-19 at that point. now, when it comes to the public sentiment here, there is limb sympathy for this tennis star here in australia. the border controls have been among the tightest in the world