pointing out that the immigration minister s argument is that him staying here would excite anti vax sentiment. they say that is irrational and a new approach. we understand that is what they will be fighting against at this point. now, scott morrison, the prime minister said that this does prove and backs up the fact that australians have to fire the rules closely and this backs that up his decision by the immigration minister, saying that it does justify the sacrifices that australians have made. it shows friday night djokovic will fight as long as he can. they would like this to go to the higher court on sunday. so potentially he could play the australian open monday. time is running out. paula hancocks, thank you very much. rennae stubbs, former world
berman. the visa of novak skwroerb sreufp has been revoked days before the australian open. he is unvaccinated. australia is struggling with rising case numbers and have been investigating a series of errors and discrepancies in covid testing and travel documents. . djokovic now faces deportation. if he is ordered to leave, he will be unavailable to defend his title and break the grand slam record he covets for now. djokovic is appealing the ruling. australian minister alex hawke said the decision was made in the public interest. paula, this is complicated. just three days before the tournament starts, where do things stand this morning? reporter: well, john, it gets even more complicated. there is currently a hearing
ongoing on this. just three hours after alex hawke made that decision, we are back in court and hearing this decision s hearing. now, what we know is djokovic will not be detained or deported tonight. it is 11:00 p.m. melbourne time. he will be going with immigration officials 8:00 a.m. friday, 4:00 p.m., eastern. from that point on, he will be considered detained. there will be australia border force officials, two officials accompanying him. so he will have that interview with immigration officials. then a couple hours later, he will be allowed to go to his lawyer s office to determine the next steps. but of course that again will be while he is detained. he will be accompanied by those officials. and then after that, he will, we understand, be in detention. this is going to a higher court. judge kelly, who presided and rein stated the visa back on monday, said this will go to the federal court of australia now. we heard from djokovic s lawyers
same year. last man to do that in 1969. both of whom have 20, and this is something i ve picked up on friday night djokovic saying he s treating today s final as the last match of his career. that s kind of ominous i think if you re medvedev. and you ve left one thing out. australian. you said he s still watching in the front row, 80-something years old. yes, inspiring. wonderful. good to see you, patrick snell. all right, we re going to take a quick break. when we come back cnn revisits a town in missouri s ozarks where covid cases are spiking but many