he selected the mayor of charlotte, north carolina, democrat anthony fox to serve as transportation secretary during the president s second term. mayor fox is the first african-american president obama nominated for new cabinet. this all comes just days after lawmakers reached a deal to end staffing cuts for air traffic controllers linked to the spending sequester in d.c. analysts blame the staffing decrease for painful delays at the airports cost to coast last week. in some cases passengers had to wait at the gate for several extra hours. ed henry is live for us at the white house tonight. tell us about mayor fox of chearlts. well, shep, certainly diversity is a factor because the president has faced criticism as you noted for not having enough of that in his cabinet that being an important factor for him. secondly, charlotte, of course, hosted the democratic national convention back in the summer. so that certainly did not hurt his chances but anthony fox also has serious credentia