okay, let's keep this going and go across to cnn's scott mcclain who is in serbia. ou think about the reaction there in serbia, his family was angry at how he's been treated. the government was angry and angry at the australian government. the people there are angry, and that was before this decision. >> reporter: you know what's remarkable, michael, is how uncontroversial this whole situation was in this country. i say uncontroversial because people were almost universally in support of novack djokovic. they simply could not understand how he could travel to australia and somehow end up in this mess. and perhaps the headline banner on the public broadcaster as soon as this news broke here in serbia said it best. it simply said "disgraced." they said someone on the acting president of the bellgrade tennis association who says australia has lost its honor. and what was interesting to me in listening to the judge last hour explain this ruling he sort of gave a preamble that clarified what this whole process was about because in part of the interest this is generating i

so for more on that let's bring in cnn's scott mcclain who joins us from london. so, scott, what's behind this apparent german success story? >> reporter: well, not sure we can call it a success story just yet, but it is being framed in a pretty odd way. german health officials as you mention saying that the number of new infections are actually lower. covid passes for bars and for restaurants, but while they say -- the german health menster says that omicron is under control, new infections are reaching record highs. they hit a new record on thursday, and they're also warning of pressure on hospitals and icus. what they have not seen is a spike in new deaths, but that may come later. the german health officials are worried about the number of unvaccinated people. that number is four times higher in germany than it is, say, in the u.k. and so they are really trying to push the vaccine on people. right now the parliament is debating a bill that would follow in austria's lead by mandating almost everyone in the country get vaccinated though they wouldn't be set to vo

scott mcclain is live in belgrade. for this tournament, for 2022 australian open, this could go on for years? >> reporter: that is right, victor. because his deportation order was upheld by the court, the three year ban automatically applies. home affaired minnist her did say that hypothetically there may be some convincing reasons to overturn that ban in the future. but he might want to think about whether he gets vaccinated in the future because right now as it stands he would not be able to participate in the french open at roland garros and defend his title there because the french sports minister told cnn today there is no exception to the french vaccine pass law which requires people to show proof of vaccination to get into restaurants, bars, theaters and sporting venues as well and that is not just for the spectators, that is for the athletes as well. the french president had previously said his aim was to pis off the unvaccinated and he's likely succeeded in at least making one particular unvaccinated serb thin

cnn's scott mcclain is in cert serbia.e leaders there saying about all of these developments. >> reporter: the serbian president made it abundantly clear today that if you go after novak djokovic, you are going after an entire country. if you think it's popular to want to boo djokovic because he's unvaccinated, it's equally as popular to support him, and that is what the president did today. he has been relatively diplomatic until this point. he said if the matter had purely been handled by the australian court system he probably wouldn't have said anything but the minute the politicians got involved to put their fingers on the scale, well, today he dropped the gloves on the australian government. listen. >> >> translator: i am amazed at the fact that such decisions can be made by the executive and after the valid decisions of the judiciary. they often preach to us about what the rule of law is. why do you mistreat him and make fun of him, not only him but also his family and an entire nation that is free and proud. do you

ben rothenberg in melbourne, thank you. >>> scott mcclain in belgrade, serbia. djokovic said in a statement he respects the decision of the court. i think the issue is, will his staunch supporters in his home country accept it? >> i talked to a couple people here, this is the message we've been hearing as we've been here the last few days. i can sum it up in three words. "this is political." that is what people think this was on the part of the australian government. in fact, the state broadcaster summed it up even more succinctly. their headline simply read, "disgrace." this does not look good for the australian government. when you heard the judge announce this ruling earlier today, he explained it in part because of the way this was being framed in serbia, and his words might as well have been directed at the serbian president who put out a scathing statement on friday saying that, look, australia likes to preach to serbia about the rule of law, but he finds it absolutely incredible that you could have a politician overruling the will of an australian court.

. >> scott mcclain is in belgrade serbia with more reaction.ter of national pride? >> reporter: you're right, boris. and he made abundantly clear if you mess with novak djokovic, you are messing with all of serbia. he put out a tape yesterday that will surely do nothing to improve relations between serbia and australia. they say why did they issue him a visa in the first place. now he doesn't -- he doesn't seem bothered by the decision of the australian judiciary. his issue is with the politicians and that they were over turn this finding that it is amazing that australia often preaches about the rule of law. he's suggesting that this is all because of the upcoming australian election. a bid to win political points. there are also some questions though here in serbia about no novak's positive pcr test that the government tried to clarify. the i.d. number on the test corresponded with tests at a different lab. there were questions about the qr code which for a time when you scanned it showed up as negative. they blamed that on an overwhelmed ser

scott mcclain for us in belgrade. patrick snell in atlanta.ciate the report. >>> a hostage standoff in texas is over. the assailant stormed the congregation beth israel on saturday. it was during a small service and four people were taken hostage. this is the thing though, the event was being live streamed. some people watching in horror from home. law enforcement would eventually end the crisis with an elite fbi team breaching the building. even with everyone safe this is a painful reminder for jewish americans. in fact, jews all over the world of anti-semitism. one congregation member spoke to poppy harlow. >> report >> i think the shocking part was that it was my community. it was not shocking that it was a jewish community. it's awful that the cases of anti-semitism have risen lately. since jews were first walking the earth, we have been persecuted and it -- it's just -- it feels almost hopeless knowing it's my community it would feel like just another attack on the jewish community. but in every single attack it's painful, but it is almos

for more on all of this, we want to bring in cnn's paula hancocks and scott mcclain will stand by for us in belgrade, serbia. paula, he says he respects the decision. at the end of the day that decision means he has to leave australia. where is he now? what more do we know of his movements in the coming hours? >> reporter: well, paula, novak djokovic could be leaving within the next hour from australia. we don't have the details at this point but we know there are flights out this evening that he could take. it's about 9 p.m. sunday evening local time and you could maimage and you can imagine novak djokovic will not want to hang around now that he lost the court case. earlier in the day he was at the lawyer's office and he was escorted everywhereby two border force officials. his fitness coach was packing up weights and equipment, exercise equipment so looking like they are getting ready to leave. now certainly he has talked about his disappointment. the court itself, the decision was unanimous. there were three judges and they all sided with the government. they did point out though

cnn's scott mcclain is in london. >> reporter: that's right, laura.e local police, metropolitan police said it was their policy in general not to go back and investigate retrospectively incidents that happened over potential covid breaches that happened a long time ago. new this morning the chief of the london metropolitan police says that based on new information and a determination this is public interest, police will now investigate several incidents, several accusations of breaches in relation to covid rules that took place at downing street. now you mentioned the latest accusations here. these ones were first reported by itv news. they say there were two gatherings that took place on boris johnson's birthday in june of 2020. the first was in the cabinet office with some of his colleagues where they sang happy birthday, there was a cake. the second was a gathering with a family inside his apartment. this was at a time wherein door gatherings were banned and outdoor gatherings were limited to just six people. downing street acknowledged that both o

cnn's scott mcclain is in london. scott?ervice report investigation into all of these accusations of parties at downing street. well, now, the publishing of that report will be pushed back because things have gotten a lot more complicated, brianna. as you mentioned, the police are involved. previously, the police said they were not interested in investigating because there was not enough evidence and their policy was not to go back and investigate the type of covid breaches retroactively. but this morning the chief of police said that, well, they have been investigating the most flagrant breaches and based on new information that includes several events that took place at downing street. and the justification or the criteria that she used to justify this investigation is pretty telling. that criteria includes evidence of the people involved knew what they were doing was an offense, and that there was very clearly no reasonable defense. now, on the surface, even if boris johnson or any of his top aides are found to be -- to h

. >> scott mcclain is monitoring the situation in kazakhstan and joins us now from london. od to see you, scott. the situation has been so fluid there. what's the latest that you're getting now? >> reporter: yeah, it certainly seems the president has succeeded in restoring public order. what is much less clear and what he probably has not succeeded in doing is quelling the unrest and addressing the specific grievance that's have bubbled to the surface over corruption and inequality inside the country. it's hard to take the temperature of the country or hard to take the pulse without the internet which has been cut for the last few days. the president did promise to have it restored piecemeal, and that seems like it is happening in parts of the country like the capital, but not where we saw the violence break out. we did get a dispatch yesterday from a local journalist who saw bodies in the streets with bullet holes in them. we also know that there's government checkpoints set up, and they're firing warning shots at people who get too close. there are people out and about try

. >> cnn's scott mcclain has an inside look at how they're doing it. >> reporter: kaitlan, boris, thet of lessons. one of the biggest is the value of diversity in medical supply chains. at the outset of the pandemic, decades of outsourcing meant the u.s. was at the mercy of asia. now, at least a dozen medical glove factories are popping up across the united states, and all but one are starting from scratch. literally hot off the production line, the very first hand mold being dipped in my troll, the result, a reliable stream of medical-grade gloves made in america. this is a big deal because for decades, the u.s. has imported these gloves from cheap suppliers almost entirely in asia. it took pandemic to start to change that. businessman dylan rhadigan felt compelled to act. >> we watched more than half a million americans die, and many for no reason. i think bad decisions have been made in american manufacturing, specifically for critical assets like class 1 medical devices. the decision has been made to make sure that never happens again. >> reporter: when the pandemic exploded the g

cnn correspondent scott mcclain joining us now.ecause we know there is one even for the u.s. here. >> yeah, you're absolutely right, erica. this starts out about fuel prices but that is just the catalyst for this public anger about economic inequality and inflation and about government corruption as well. these protests, especially in the largest city in kazakhstan have turned violent. government buildings being torched and looting and gunfire being exchanged with police and most outside governments from the united states to the taliban are calling for calm, for de-escalation but the president has other ideas. listen. >> i gave the order to law enforcement agencies and the army to open fire to kill without warning, abroad there are peels to noegts for a peaceful of solutions of problems. what nonsense. what kind ever negotiations could there be with criminals, with murderers of we have to deal with armed and trained bandits and terrorists. therefore, they need to be destroyed. and this will be done shortly. >> now that is the presi