i m john berman with brianna keilar on this new day . huge news moments ago that brings together the pandemic, sports, international relations. australia basically tells the world s number one tennis player to get out just days before the australian open. a landmark indictment for the leader of the far right oath keepers. for the first time, a sedition charge for the january 6th capitol riot. it has been a brutal week for president biden as he faces serious setbacks for his agenda. the two senators who added more salt to the wound. and queen elizabeth strips her son andrew from charities. the royal family now saying you re on your own. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is friday, january 14th. and breaking just a short time ago, the australian government canceled the visa for novak djokovic, the world s number one tennis player three days before the start of the australian open. this is a huge deal. djokovic is the n
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 pointing out that the immigra
title, he would be unable to break the grand slam record. his lawyers are appealing the ruling and australia s immigration officials will seek to interview djokovic tomorrow morning and detain him shortly after. joining us now, patrick mcenroe, espn tennis commentator, former u.s. davis cup captain. thank you for joining us. this decision from the australian officials comes after djokovic admitted to breaking covid protocols during an interview with reporters after he knew he tested positive a few weeks ago and comes after he admitted that his documents had lies on them to enter australia. now the immigration minister says your visa is canceled, your reaction to all this this morning. i think you re exactly right, in that the discrepancies that have come out through this process have played a part in this decision yet again to attempt, and i say attempt, to deport him, because it sounds like novak djokovic and his lawyers are going to fight this to the bitter end. as you
with the australian open just days away, the question is will djokovic get to play? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that can t wait to see what they come up with for wimbledon. i m jonathan lemire on this friday, january 14th. friday. let s start with the news. majority leader chuck schumer says the senate will take up voting rights legislation on tuesday of next week. schumer had originally promised to take action by mlk day that s monday but he delayed the vote citing covid-19 and an impending winter storm, but even with the delay, democrats face slim odds of passing anything. senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema reiterated yesterday they do not support changes to the legislative filibuster. senator sinema gave an impassioned speed on the senate floor yesterday right before president biden was set to meet with democrats to rally around the party changing the rules to pass voting rights. eliminating the 60-
blocks overnight. president biden needing the two key democratic holdouts for over an hour at the white house as majority leader schumer is forced to push back the vote. but there is a bipartisan moment on one side banning lawmakers from doing what, creating plus we have had breaking news overnight in australia. carson novak djokovic s visa for a second time. his lawyers fighting it right now in court to try to prevent the tennis star from being blocked from the country for three years. we have to start this morning with several new dramatic developments in the fight against coronavirus with two potentially major ramifications. the supreme court blocking the biden administration s rule requiring larger businesses to ensure workers get the covid vaccine or wear masks and get tested on a weekly basis. the work requirement would have affected nearly # 0 million americans, president biden releases a statement expressing disappointment with the decision. at the same time the hig