on sunday morning local time. djokovic is still scheduled to play in the australian open in melbourne on monday. our correspondent, shaimaa khalil is there. voice over: this is 9 news, live from sydney. just moments ago, the immigration minister has cancelled novak djokovic s visa. it s a story that made headlines here in australia and around the world. for days, novak djokovic has been on the court training, and now, the government has announced its decision. the tennis star s visa has been cancelled again and, for the second time, he faces deportation from australia. in his statement, the country s immigration minister alex hawke said: the prime minister, scott morrison, said the sacrifices australians made throughout the pandemic should be protected. mr morrison s government has faced heavy criticism for allowing the unvaccinated player into australia in the first place while the country struggled with a spike in covid i9 case numbers. i think it was a pretty mess up that
overcoming opposition and passing voting rights in the senate. these bills help treat the symptoms of the disease, but they do not fully address the disease itself. while i continue to support these bills i will not support separate actions that worsen the underlying disease of division infecting our country. senators kyrsten sinema and joe manchin, another protector of the filibuster, seem to believe when it comes to protecting democracy the cure is worse than the problem. in their minds eliminating the filibuster, a maneuver done many times before to bypass the 60-vote threshold, that that is somehow worse than republican states like texas and georgia making it harder to vote and installing partisans to perhaps put the thumb on the scale in a close election. how big is the threat? consider this last year 19 states enacted 34 laws that restrict voting and alter the vote counting process. hundreds more were introduced. more are coming this year. and threats of violence an
respectfully, i don t think you can take one or two examples and indicate that s indicative of what happens on the platform more broadly. reporter: pledging the company will do more to protect young users but it s too little, too late for people like ian russell who lost his daughter molly to suicide in 2017. there was no sign of any mental ill health in molly before her death. we couldn t work out what could possibly trigger it. reporter: russell says he looked at his daughter s social media and was disturbed by what he saw on platforms including instagram. having had a glimpse of what she was exposed to, i think i now understand why she was pushed to do what she did. reporter: adding to the pressures on the social media giant a bipartisan group of state attorneys general launched an investigation into the potential harms of instagram for children and teens. meta claiming the allegations are false. and that hearing just ending on capitol hill in the last few seco
are considering sending tanks at of a new russian offensive. push back tonight against president joe biden s rule crackdown on what he calls ghost guns. standing by a live about how they could affect your site commitment rights. plus a new study shows strict covert lockdown measures in many democratic led states that may have only made things worse during the pandemic or red states like florida spread them on the best becomes in in some areas are reinstating mask mandates due to a rise in covert cases. but we begin tonight in war-torn ukraine were anxiety over russia s next move is high tonight. correspondent has the latest on the ground live from lviv good tuesday morning. good morning and president zelenskyy has not confirmed the reports of chemical weapons being used. he reminded world leaders that russia has already discussed the possible use of them. i must be a stronger response from a world leaders the pentagon john kirby not confirming those reports either but added
special counsel s investigation. the big question is how much will a judge allow him to say about his case? and those dangerous wildfires raging across hawaii right now. the coast guard says it s already rescued multiple people who jumped into the ocean as an escape from those wild flames. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, but i want to start right there, talking about maui, dealing with those terrifying wildfires. maura barrett is following this story. what more can you tell us? reporter: well, chris, it s really a dire situation. just about 8:00 a.m. right now in hawaii, so we re finally starting to get some updates from officials, but unfortunately because we re seeing thousands of people without power, down power lines on the roads, downed trees, there s a lot of issues with communication, in terms of firm details about how many injured there might be, and rescue efforts and fire fighting efforts is limited, due in big part to a mass