that donald trump has filled as of this morning. his former rival turned supporter is now his nominee to head up the department of housing and urban development. ben carson becomes the first african-american nominated to donald trump's cabinet. vice president-elect mike pence talked about carson moments ago. >> we are excited to have dr. carson as our intended nominee for housing and urban development. we are looking forward to another very productive week to the transition that's setting a historic pace. >> let's go live for more to cnn's jessica schneider outside trump tower. let's go back to china real quick. what is the transition saying this morning about the president-elect's comments? >> reporter: well, you know, they are not saying much. we can glean alone from donald trump's conversation with the leader of taiwan on friday as well as his subsequent tweets, of course, that controversial call, ten-minute phone call on friday, then a slew of tweets over the weekend criticizing