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

From New York, the greatest iy in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Before a long holiday weekend, we traveled out to Six Flags Fright Fest in New Jersey. On today's show, we talked about how a federal appeals court wasset to hear arguments in President Trump’s long-running fight to prevent a New York top prosecutor from getting his tax returns. We also talked about the Yankees and Mets keeping their postseason hopes alive, and a federal judge has stopped the 2020 census from finishing at the end of September and ordered the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident extended for another month through the end of October.

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!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! On today's show, we talked about how demonstrators packed a New York City plaza Wednesday night to protest a Kentucky grand jury’s decision not to indict any police officers for the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor. We also talked about Gary Sánchez making two of his team’s season-high four errors to deal the Yankees erhaps a fatal blow in its race for home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs, and President Trump is declining to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election.

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! On today's show, we talked about how yhe Uncle Ben's rice brand is changing its name to Ben's Original. Parent company Mars Inc. is the latest company to drop a logo criticized as a racial stereotype. We also talked about Pete Alonso and the Mets preventing Tampa Bay from clinching the AL East crown, and Senate Republicans are charging ahead with plans to confirm President Trump's pick to quickly fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat on the Supreme Court.

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Rolling right into fall on today's show, we talked about how The Justice Department identified New York City, Portland, Oregon, and Seattle as three cities that could have federal funding slashed under a memorandum by President Trump that sought to identify localities that permit "anarchy, violence and destruction in American cities."

We also talked about Nate Lowe homering and scored both runs against Jacob deGrom, and the Rays overcame 16 strikeouts to move closer to an AL East title by beating the Mets, and the Trump administration this week is set to resume this year's wave of federal executions following a 17-year hiatus.

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! On this final full day of summer 2020, we talked about on today's show how for most schoolchildren in New York City, Monday meant back to school, but not back to the classroom. Only pre-kindergarteners and some special education students ended a six-month absence from school buildings because of the coronavirus pandemic. We also talked about how the higher seeded team reaching the World Series will have last at-bats in Games 1 and 2 and if needed Games 6 and 7, not necessarily the team with the best record, and President Donald Trump saying that he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court on Friday or Saturday.

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! On the eve of the final weekend of the summer, we talked about on today's show how Mayor De Blasio said that he was confident the city will meet a revised timeline to bring public school students back to classrooms within the next two weeks. We also talked about Anthony Cirelli scoring in overtime to send the Lightning to the Stanley Cup Final with a 2-1 victory over the Islanders in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals, and how the coronavirus pandemic has led Europe's largest security organization to drastically scale back plans to send as many as 500 observers to the U.S. to monitor the Nov. 3 presidential election.