tennis star novak djokovic could be allowed to stay in stral where he s being detained over a fight over his visa. everything we did to wring our hands on the ground to have the sleepless nights led to a wonderful last 16 days. it may be the most celebrated mirror ever heard. a major milestone for the $10 billion james webb telescope and what is next for nasa and what this will tell us. glad to have you with us this sunday, january 9th. appreciate you waking up with us. how are you doing? i m well. how are you? good. early alarm clock. we re hanging in there. i know. 2:00 a.m. or 1:45 rolls around early. we re glad all of you are up and
happen. let s talk about this hotel where he is staying or being housed that s also, as we talked to paula about, this immigration detention center. you were there. talk to us, i mean describe this place for us? what is it like? well, i didn t get to go inside because everything is sealed up. i tried to book a room but that was not possible. they ve sealed up all the windows in this hotel because at the previous hotel the refugees were passing notes through tiny openings and so, basically, it s bug infested, a roach motel, basically, and novak djokovic has $150 million in the bank and he s sitting in this place with apparently some gluten-free food, i guess perhaps the insects are gluten-free and wheen while his supporters were singing and dancing on the street across the street while there are dozens of mostly men, i believe n there who have been waiting in there for years and
of russia is unexpected and also raises the question of whether or not vladimir putin would have the capacity to be fighting, sending troops to two conflicts on two sides of eurasia. a lot of geopoliticians i ve been talking to say it s likely will likely want a quick win in kazakhstan, leave some peacekeeping troops, which is a question mark on a sovereignty that u.s. government has raised, but go back to focussing on ukraine. the talks are going to be about crane, wit a bit of kazakhstan in the background. boris and christi. all eyes on those talks and what comes from them. nina and jasmine, thank you both. and still ahead, we have the latest on a tragedy in brazil. a massive rock formation collapsing, killing at least seven people. we ll bring you the latest news on search and rescue efforts. also, with five days before the australian open, novak
supporters singing and dancing, but we are hearing more and learning more from court documents raising more questions than it s actually answering. what we know is that djokovic s lawyers say he was given permission to have a medical exemption and was allowed to enter into australia, which is why he came. the reason they say that is, what we re hearing from these documents, he is unvaccinated for covid-19, and he did test positive. his first pcr test on december 16th of last year. but that s when it gets complicated. because we see him in public or december 16th of last year at a panel discussion not wearing mask with an audience, and then the next day as well on december 17th, we see him with a group of young tennis players. we see him accepting a postage stamp in his honer. it s unclear at this point if djokovic was aware at that point he had tested positive for covid-19. we have reached out to his representatives. at this point we have heard nothing from them.
for years. let s get to cnn s paula hancocks live in melbourne, australia. this situation is casting a light not only on the world of tennis but australia s immigration policy. reporter: it certainly is, boris and christi. this has been playing out across the world and we re coming to a head at this point as we will find out, potentially, by the end of monday whether or not novak djokovic will be allowed to stay in australia and play in the australian open. otherwise, if it doesn t go his way in that court case on monday in that hearing, then he will be deported from australia. the other option, this could be prolonged within the courts and then, of course, it s up to whether he has permission to play in the australian open while the legal protceedings ar ongoing. i m outside where he s being held in the immigration facility, it s a festive atmosphere, the pro-djokovic