about police use of force when dealing with communities of color. if they re going to decrease the crime rate, you know, without harming the black community as a whole, that s fine. but as soon as they start targeting us, that s when it s an issue. reporter: nassau county acting district attorney joyce smith has worked alongside sewell and says she is up to the challenge. i can tell you that she starts ready. she begins ready. because she has done the hard work and the preparation that goes into being a leader in law enforcement and in the criminal justice system. reporter: and for those questioning whether sewell and the department can fix what ails new york, the city s next police commissioner says this. if they don t believe me, tell them to talk to me in a year. reporter: jason carroll, cnn, new york. all right, jason, thank you very much. devastating storms from the rockies to the midwest toppling semi trucks, ripping off roofs. we re tracking where the danger is rig
place to sleep. that is their specialty. we have a dozen more volunteers who are working with the salvation army to set up all the food stations, make sure cots are ready. anything that our clients will need overnight. martha: boy, that s a welcome site for all of those folks. the red cross says that the shelter will stay open until everybody is allowed to go back home. bill: severe weather now in the midwest toppling trees and even destroying more than 100 mobile homes. this is river ton, illinois, outside the state capitol of springfield. we re told nobody was hurt but plenty of people were rattled by all of this. listen. it was pretty scary. it started shaking. what was going on. i said, this can t be a tornado. i looked out, went through that quick and everything was tore all to heck. bill: sure was. the red cross opened an emergency shelter in a nearby high school to assist some of the victims there. martha: overflowing rivers are turning farm fields into lakes in parts of iow