The Update- August 2nd

The Update with Brandon Julien

She’s leaving audiences split. Most high school seniors look forward to tossing their caps and turning their tassels at graduation. But one nimble New Jersey student turned heads instead — hitting a saucy headstand and split combination in celebration of receiving her diploma. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, Two New York City police sergeants were shot as they struggled with a man suspected of sticking up a Manhattan mahjong parlor and stealing women’s purses, police said. A suspected drunk driver accused of killing four people by plowing into a July 4 bash was greeted with obscenities as he was hit with a murder charge at a highly-charged Manhattan court hearing. And in Washington, The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, with Moscow releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan, along with dissidents including Vladimir Kara-Murza, in a multinational deal that set two dozen people free.