From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! It may be the first full work week of the new year, but the news is overloading with stories- just like the trash on the national mall as we hit day 16 of the government shutdown.
Some stories talked about on today's show were:
1. A firefighter fell to his death while responding to a car accident on a Belt Parkway overpass in Brooklyn. Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro and Mayor Bill de Blasio identified the probationary firefighter as 30-year-old Steven Pollard.
2. One man was killed and two other people hurt in an apartment fire on the Upper West Side. The flames broke out just after 10:15 a.m. inside an apartment on the third floor of the building on 87th Street near Amsterdam Avenue.
3. Lawyers for Kevin Spacey entered a not guilty plea on his behalf in Massachusetts court on charges he groped an 18-year-old busboy in 2016. He was arraigned on a charge of felony indecent assault and battery.
