The Update with Brandon Julien

Are you thinking about traveling for Thanksgiving? We'll tell you the best and worst days to travel this year. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, Frank James, the man who wounded 10 people in a rush-hour subway shooting in New York City last year, was sentenced to life in prison. A commercial fisherman accused of conspiring with others to sell 200,000 pounds of fish in excess of legal quo...

One woman is a side hustle queen- earning $36,000 this year. Learn about what "scammy" gigs you shouldn't waste your time on. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, New York City is challenging a unique legal agreement that requires it to provide emergency housing to anyone who asks for it. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont says the top two leaders of state police will be retiring next month. The...

It took 15 rounds of voting to name Kevin McCarthy the Speaker of The House, and it only took one to out him as the speaker. Learn more about it in national news. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, a neighbor who witnessed 9-year-old Charlotte Sena being rescued in upstate New York is describing the scene as right out of a movie. A federal judge in New York has dismissed a lawsuit that...

Get ready tomorrow at 2:20pm for a nationwide test of the emergency alert system. Remember, it's only a test. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, we have some good news about that 9-year-old girl who vanished during a family camping trip in upstate New York: she's been found safe following a two day search, and a suspect is now in custody. The civil trial against Donald Trump that kicked...

What a difference the weekend makes. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, New York City is drying out after being soaked by one of its wettest days in decades. City dwellers tried to dry out basements, while traffic resumed on highways, subways and airports that were temporarily shuttered by Friday’s severe rainfall. Police were searching for a missing 9-year-old girl who had been camping w...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

This just might be one of my favorite episodes of the season so far. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, the potent rush-hour rainstorm has swamped the New York metropolitan area. The deluge shut down swaths of the subway system, flooded some streets and highways, and delayed flights into LaGuardia Airport. U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat and champion of liber...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

It might be hard, but we have to say goodbye to summer. But don't worry, it'll be here again sooner than you might think. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, a charter bus carrying high school students to a band camp careened off a New York highway and tumbled down an embankment, killing two adults and seriously injuring several others. The United States had 3.5 million residents who ident...

When will the rain go away? We're expecting to get another few inches of rain tomorrow before we get a last taste of summer. Mother Nature's just weird. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, prosecutors say DNA from Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect Rex Heuermann’s cheek swab matches the DNA that authorities had previously collected from a pizza crust and used to link Heuermann to one of...

In the headlines on Wednesday's edition of #TheUpdate, prosecutors have charged a New York City man with performing acupuncture without a license after they say he punctured a woman’s lungs during treatment, sending her to a hospital for emergency surgery. A New York City day care operator and a man who rented a room from her are facing federal charges after the death of a 1-year-old exposed to fe...

The sun's finally out for the first time in what feels like a week- that's good, right? In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, a judge has ruled that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House. A suspended NYPD officer who had been accused of spying for China — and later cleared — is fighting to be reinstated...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, Federal prosecutors have recommended life sentences for the man who opened fire on a crowded Brooklyn subway train last year, injuring 10 people. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a bill setting the state’s presidential primary for April 2, potentially putting former President Donald Trump on the ballot as he stands trial in Manhattan for a hush-mo...

I saw a Christmas ad on TV even though September isn't even over yet. I personally don't know how to feel about that. 🎄🎃 In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, a taped package containing several thousand dollars' worth of fentanyl was discovered inside the New York City day care center where a 1-year-old child died of an opioid overdose last week. Pope Francis urged all people to do their...

Hope you enjoyed your weekend and ready to take on the last week of summer. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, the owner of a New York City day care center and a tenant living in the building have been arrested after a 1-year-old boy was killed and three others were sickened by apparent exposure to Fentanyl. Tens of thousands of people in New York City have kicked off a week of demonstrat...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

Year 3 (2019-2020) most likely was- in my opinion- the best year of #TheUpdate to date in terms of fun moments. Catch up on the best moments of Year 3 in this episode.

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, New York could soon require people selling their homes to disclose whether their properties have been flooded or are at risk for future flooding. A college philosophy professor is fighting to be allowed back on campus more than a year after his comments about adult-child sex led to calls for his removal. And commercial casinos in the U.S. had their best...

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, one New Yorker upset that the city has been housing homeless migrants in his neighborhood on Staten Island has set up a loudspeaker to deliver an unwelcoming message to his new neighbors. Prosecutors say New York City’s former top building-safety official took cash, Mets tickets, a discount on a luxury apartment and other bribes from a real estate deve...

So the MTV VMA's ended rather abruptly last night. That was weird. Let's talk about that. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, a Long Island mother says her 13-year-old son will be taken off life support days after he was struck by a Suffolk County police cruiser while riding his bicycle. New York’s attorney general has released a video of an upstate deputy firing into a fleeing car and...

Aaron Rodgers' first season as a New York Jet lasted all of 75 seconds. Fear not, we'll talk about that. In the other headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, Bells tolled at ground zero and solemn tributes unfolded across the country as Americans looked back on the horror and legacy of 9/11. Meanwhile, Sports betting company DraftKings has apologized after using the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks to...

Never forget what happened on 9/11. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, officials say they've identified the remains of two people who died in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. A mother has filed a lawsuit against Peloton over the death of her son, who was killed when his exercise bike fell on his neck during a workout in his New York City apartment. And at the Salt Lake City Mosq...