The Update- March 9th

From New York, the greatest city in the world, and where employees must wash their hands, it's the Update with Brandon Julien! It's the first getaway weekend of the Spring semester! So before we go running off, Brandon's here to get you caught up with the latest information.

Some stories talked about on tonight's show were:

1. The attorney for convicted fraudster Martin Shkreli says his client is doing "fine" after he was sentenced to seven years in prison. Ben Brafman had asked the judge for a sentence of 18 months or less.

2. Jurors in the bribery trial of a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo have gone home for the weekend after a sometimes rocky week of deliberations. They're due to continue Monday.

3. A member of a violent Mexico-based drug cartel who specialized in improving the quality of methamphetamine will spend 10 years in a U.S. prison. U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue says Jose Dagoberto Cortez-Perez was sentenced Friday in Brooklyn.