ella jones joins me now. nes, i was involved in some of the peaceful protests there, as you know, and some of the church rallies and did one of the eulogies at michael brown's funeral, so i know some of the deep problems that were in ferguson there. before you were elected, your plans included engaging more youth, jobs, economic development, and public safety, that includes hiring qualified police officers. where is the city in reforming the police department? >> thank you, reverend sharpton, for having me, and right now the police department, we have a new police chief, jason armstrong, and he has been working diligently to hire new officers for the police department in the last month or so. we hired at least five new officers. >> now, you join the ranks of a number of other black men and women who have been elected to mayorships, particularly in the south. what does this say about progress being made in those areas, if anything? >> well, we're noticing more african-american males and females are stepping up