The Update- July 25th

The Update with Brandon Julien

The top 30 simple things that make us smile include a kind gesture from a stranger, waking up on a sunny morning – and seeing an elderly couple holding hands. A study of 2,000 adults found seeing a loved one get good news, receiving a surprise gift and getting a hug also feature on the list. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, powerful congestion pricing supporters plan to sue Gov. Kathy Hochul over her 11th-hour pause of the first-in-the-nation tolls, according to two lawsuit drafts. Dozens of anti-Israel protesters raged against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the Jewish State’s consulate in Manhattan, as Bibi spoke to Congress for the first time since the country’s war with Hamas began. And in Washington, President Biden delivered a solemn call to voters to defend the country’s democracy as he laid out in an Oval Office address his decision to drop his bid for reelection and throw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris.