where they want shoppers to boycott com pa nies they say are pro beijing . cities around the world will close their streets to traffic for world car free day organisers want to promote greener travel alternatives. three of the home nations begin their rugby world cup campaigns today ireland v scotland is has just got ireland v scotland has just got under way, and england play tonga later this morning. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9.35am this mornings reviewers are anne ashworth, the associate editor of the times and the business commentator josie cox. good morning. after the first day of its party conference was dominated by infighting, labour will try to move the agenda back to policy today promising to abolish nhs prescription charges in england if it wins the next general election. it s also planning to scrap ofsted and replace it with a new school inspection system. yesterday s business was overshadowed by a failed bid to oust deputy leader
many republicans are focusing on the fact that comey admitted to leaking information and the fact that president trump never told mr. comey to drop the investigation into michael flynn, only that he hoped it would go away. nbc 10 s lauren mayk was the only local reporter inside today s hearing. she s joining us live from inside that hearing room. tell us more about what you saw today, lauren. reporter: jim, you know, this hearing room has cleared out now but i can tell you there is now still work going on behind the scenes. for example, multiple senators here in this room today, they said that they wanted to see those memos that jim comey wrote detailing his nine one-on-one interactions, conversations with the president. so that is just one of the things still happening. now, the chair of this committee telling us after the hearing that this investigation is not over. jim comey leaving the hearing room after giving senators@wífñt to take in. the former fbi director saying
good day philadelphia, a bunch of closures in old city because the new museum is open today. of the american revolution? exactly right. it is april the 19th, 2017. a lot going on today, sue. yes, and luckily, we should be dry for all of that. because you know, with a event such as that, pressure is on, make sure it doesn t rain. it is a eight, which is great. out of ten today. we will see some clouds around this morning. chillier, keep it in mind, bus stop buddy put on shirt, phillies cap because they won last night, beat the mets. we have 46 degrees sunrise coming up soon at 6:17, the early part of the day will be the sunniest part of the day just so you know. 46 degrees right now, in lancaster, walking out the door in allentown, 47, 40 in hazleton and new jersey atlantic city at 47, cape may at 49 and allen dale, delaware 45 degrees. in the 50 s yesterday, 40 s, watching some rain, that s headed toward washington, d.c., nothing in our area yet. some of that prob
in just a moment. if no one wins tonight, the jackpot will balloon to $1.3 billion. your odds of winning are 1 in 292.2 million. still, $400 million in tickets were sold today alone, according to estimates from lottery officials. we re all just paying 2 bucks for a chance to dream. randy gyllenhaal joins us live. randy, it s very likely that someone will win tonight, right? reporter: well, the odds are good we ll get a winner. new jersey lotto officials told us about 75% of all possible number combinations have been picked. that means there s just about a 25% chance this thing will roll over again. if it does, that new jackpot could be $1.3 billion. at this powerball machine in center city, long lines for a long shot dream. we also purchased in virginia and maryland. reporter: dana young is buying in bulk, hitting stores in three different states. there s a method to the madness. reporter: statistically, her strategy won t help, but pennsylvania has had 17 powerba
is last minute push for both candidates, and their mission is surprisingly similar. get out the vote. spending is day stomping in the philadelphia suburbs, incumbent governor tom corbett knows he s got tough fight on election day. he and his republican supporters are railing for every vote that they can get. my oponent wants to be ed rendell. tax and spend, tax and spend. he wants to be barack obama. corbett s new jersey counterpart, governor chris christie, lent his voice to the cause sunday night in bucks county. democrats are not coming out, they re not excited, and, in fact, they re not excited about their own candidates, and they shouldn t be. they re not excited about tom wolf here in pennsylvania, and let me tell you what s going to happen on tuesday night, four more years. democratic challenger tom wolf was out in full force sunday, as well, with the stop at temple university. he is hoping for big voters turn out in democrat rich philadelphia and brought in