joining me now, cnn's justice reporter evan peres. evan what is the latest news in the development in ferguson? >> reporter: don, the development is that the police chief of ferguson, missouri, tom jackson, is expected to step down as part of an effort to reform the police department there. now, the announcement is not expected to come until about next week. most likely. and it's all part of an effort by the local officials to bring down some of the tensions there. as you know, don, it's the scene of demonstrations almost every night. a lot of people have been callicall calling for the police chief to step down and he's been defiant so far but officials know this is part of an effort that when the grand jury announcement comes down, whether or not there are charges again officer darren wilson in the shooting of michael brown, this is one of the way to show the public they're trying to reform the police department there. >> evan peres, according to your reporting, the police chief is tom jackson. >> reporter: correct. >> in ferguson krr