this as one of the largest music festivals in the country is under way with new covid protocols. the senate working through the weekend, hammering out the text of a bipartisan infrastructure bill. one of president biden s biggest legislative goals. where do things stand now? gymnast simone biles pulling out of two more events in the tokyo olympics, saying she literally cannot tell up from down. we ll talk live to a former olympian who says she knows exactly what biles is going through. the federal moratorium on evictions ending tonight after the supreme court rules the cdc does not have the power to extend it. we re joined by one woman who fears she could soon lose her home. newsroom starts right now. good morning. it is saturday, july 31st. i m boris sanchez. good morning, boris. i m chris seeti paul. we re live in the cnn newsroom and grateful to have you with us here. you said it, july 31st. how did the whole month go by already? i think it s flying by for a
and we begin with the breaking news. tennis star novak djokovic has lost his bid to stay in australia and defend his hitle in the australian open tennis tournament. he now faces deportation. we want to go straight to our paula hancocks who s been watching all of this unfold from melbourne. paula, obviously dramatic moments there and yet the judges were categorical saying, look, we re not here to decide the merits of the government s case, that s not for us to decide, but they looked at what the government had put forward and found that, in fact, it was reasonable and that means that right now at this hour, right, paula, novak djokovic isn t exactly a freeman. he needs to be deported. reporter: that s right, paula. the very fact there were three judges hearing this case and it was a unanimous decision as you say. it wasn t up to them to decide the merits of the argument. they were just there to look atz the legalities. this is what we had beforehand, that the best chance for
tennis star novak djokovic has lost his bid to stay in australia and defend his title in the australian open. he now faces deportation. the hearing was djokovic s last attempt to stay in the country despite having his visa revoked now twice over his covid vaccination status. but the court ultimately sided with australia s immigration minister, who revoked the visa over concerns the unvaccinated star s presence could spur a rise in anti-vaccine sentiment. cnn is covering every angle of this story around the globe. scott mcclain is standing by in belgrade, serbia, with reactions from djokovic s home country. we also have reporters on the ground in australia. we want to go first to our own phil black who s been following all of this from melbourne. the judges a little while ago making that announcement. and i think beyond the actual decision, they really had some interesting things to say about what they were deciding in this case and what they weren t deciding in this case. p
about small businesses and how to make life easier for entrepreneurs. the prime minister has been working very hard on a package that is going to improve the wellbeing and welfare of small businesses and self employed people across the country, including many people who are ethnic minorities. that s what s going to make their lives easier, irrespective of whether or not there s been a donation here or there to the conservative party. but while you talk about jobs in coventry with the prime minister, it is the prime minister s own job which is the speculation on the front page of virtually all the newspapers i ve got here in front of me. and people are saying part of that is that he didn t lead quickly enough on this issue about donations, that, yes, he said these comments, these alleged comments, were racist after you said they were racist. but until you spoke out, he didn t that he was following your lead. well, i disagree with that. i believe that they were establishing the
intimidate or suppress them. as our russia editor steve rosenberg reports, in arare move mr putin also mentioned the opposition figure, alexei navalny, by name. six more years in the kremlin. russia s president is sounding more confident than ever. confident than ever. whoever might want to intimidate confident than ever. whoever might want to intimidate us, confident than ever. whoever might want to intimidate us, suppress - confident than ever. whoever might want to intimidate us, suppress us, | want to intimidate us, suppress us, our will want to intimidate us, suppress us, our will and want to intimidate us, suppress us, ourwilland our want to intimidate us, suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have our will and our conscience, they have never our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it and never have never been able to do it and never wilt then, mr putin s first public comments on the death ofjailed opposition leader alexei nav