Online job applications. The city of boston is working to tackle this issue. They call it tech equity. Making sure all residents have equal access to innovation and the internet. It has been said all you need to start a business is an idea. But starting a business isnt that simple. Without access to idea is just that. The reason why technology is so important is because this is the way people are doing business. If you intend to correspond in any way, this is how you are going to do it. It does not make any sense for someone to tell you, this is how we are doing business in jargon internet is to our everyday lives. If you are an adult, you probably use it every day at work or even to find a job. In boston, the city of so much innovation, one in five families does not have access to the internet. Thats a huge number when you think about it. 20 percent of ourse fundamentally important way to get connected. This is the city of bostons chief technology officer. He is tackling the problem o
Support also comes from Carnegie Corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. Celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff there were fresh calls today in europe for the u. S. To rethink its spying activities across the atlantic. Newshour correspondent kwame holman narrates our report. Reporter european leaders wound up a summit in brussels, demanding an end to u. S. Eavesdropping on their people and themselves. Revelations this week said cell phone calls by german chancellor Angela Merkel were monitored by the National Security agency. Also, that thousands of french phone records were collected. Today, merkel joined french president Francois Hollande in calling fo
Support also comes from Carnegie Corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. Celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff there were fresh calls today in europe for the u. S. To rethink its spying activities across the atlantic. Newshour correspondent kwame holman narrates our report. Reporter european leaders wound up a summit in brussels, demanding an end to u. S. Eavesdropping on their people and themselves. Revelations this week said cell phone calls by german chancellor Angela Merkel were monitored by the National Security agency. Also, that thousands of french phone records were collected. Today, merkel joined french president Francois Hollande in calling fo
Degrees today. It will be cooler than it has been and cooler than average for july 29th. 64 degrees with mostly clear skies. Lets see how long we can keep the weather pattern going and lets see what sun glare is doing to our traffic this morning. Weve got accidents so if people can get to work. This is in newark. The accident there also has a downed pole so thats whats taking so long. Route 40 is the alternate. Burlington, salem road, vehicle into a pole there. And the westbound side of the pennsylvania turnpike just past valley forge, we did have debris there but thats clearing out of the way. Kerry and mike . Its a little after 7 00 right now. Two men charged in connection with the deadly car jacking that killed three children last week. More details now, steve is in north philadelphia. Steve . Reporter well, first of all, great to see the commissioner always be classy is the ability to do that and also great to see the human side of Seth Williams who sometimes can hold back his ange
Marcia Hofer, a retired clinical psychologist, got pulled into the world of Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) because of the experience of her husband, Ricardo Hofer.