Convention Kick-Off & More on Tonight's MetroFocus on THIRTEEN

The award-winning series MetroFocus premieres new episodes in the New York and tri-state region weeknights at 5 p.m. on WLIW21, 5:30 p.m. on NJTV and 6 p.m. on THIRTEEN. All episodes are available at metrofocus.org following the broadcast.

The episodes description for tonight, Monday, July 18 follow below. Please note episode descriptions are subject to change. Please visit metrofocus.org for the latest information.

Monday, July 18 at 5:00 p.m. on WLIW21, 5:30 p.m. on NJTV and 6:00 p.m. on THIRTEEN
Three Police Dead in Baton Rouge - Over the weekend, three more police officers were killed, this time in Baton Rouge. Montrell Jackson, Matthew Gerald, and Brad Garafola lost their lives in a shootout with retired Marine, Gavin Eugene. This comes barely two weeks after the death of Alton Sterling, who was a citizen of the Louisiana capitol, who was shot by a cop outside of a convenience store. Days later, five police officers were gunned down by a black man in Dallas, Texas. With details still emerging about the police shooting in Baton Rouge, we sit down with CNN commentator and author of Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond, Marc Lamont Hill.

RNC Day 1: Hello Cleveland - We'll be on the ground in Cleveland, Ohio with the New York Republican delegation as the GOP Convention kicks off. At-large delegate Wendy Long joins us for a discussion - she's already pledged her support for Donald Trump and has been selected by the state Republican party to take on incumbent U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer this November.

Mark Green's Bright, Infinite Future - The progressive issues of the 1960's have become the forefront of our current political era, or at least that's what Mark Green says. Between anti-war sentiments, gay rights, women's rights and civil rights, Green says the things that were thought to be progressive in the 60's are now the new norm and at the heart of political debate. Green, a former NYC Public Advocate joins us to talk about the progressive movement in the 1960's, American politics of today, and his new book Bright, Infinite Future: A Generation Memoir on the Progressive Side. He also discusses his run for the Mayor of New York back in 2001. It was a race many believed he was likely to win but changing circumstances and a late surge from Michael Bloomberg led to defeat.

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