for djokovic. quite a big bump in the road. this is just fascinating and frankly quite extraordinary story. novak djokovic, world number one. a man who if he plays in and wins the australian open would surpass rafal nadal and roger federer with 21 grand slam titles. thought he was going to be able to play in the open because they granted him an exception from the mandate. just a handful of players. he has now arrived in australia and seems to be stuck at passport control. we know he s there because one of the players in his team has posted a picture on instagram of a couple of those team members waiting at the airport. but we understand it s been held up because visa complications. since this was granted just over 24 hours ago, there has been an absolute storm of protests in australia. whether the tournament was held was one of the most locked down cities with some 160 days spent
talking about the dramatic acceleration of that military moving the u.s. embassy personnel. what remains there. of course, they ve already evacuated everybody but the core personnel from kyiv. 300 miles west of kyiv, that s a few hundred miles from the border with poland. there s concerns, obviously one kyiv itself being sacked, in the kind of assault that jake sullivan has outlined could take place. also, you could have complications when you re trying to evacuate u.s. personnel. i think back to what we saw in kabul last year. the u.s. has often said anyone who wants to leave and can, there will be assistance in having them evacuated. sometimes, our diplomats have family members who maybe aren t american citizens who have visa complications. one of the reasons you see them moving the personnel, to help buy some time, frankly, to deal with the paperwork issues that you often deal with. also, all of this coming as the
0 so, we continue to see that being added. did that help? yeah. toni. what steps are being taken to make sure that the entire 82nd airborne s immediate response that you re sending to poland, that they re staying away from any harms way, in case there s an invasion? will there location be pretty much central poland and nowhere near the border? i ll let the commander talk about where he s going to put the troops, tony. they re sent over there for a range of contingencies. they re multi-mission capability, as you know. and as we talked about, if one of the contingencies are, if one of the needs are to help with evacuation assistance on the polish side of the border, as people come across that border, should they come across that border and need help, they ll be prepared to do that. if that s the mission to conduct, you re going to be somewhere near that border, right? but again, i won t get ahead of leaders on the ground and what they re doing. but, i do want to just i know we