cover this morning. let's begin at the trump tower. that's where cnn's sunlen serfaty is. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, donald trump really has a flurry of meetings here today at trump tower. not only holding his first meeting as president-elect face-to-face with a world leader, the japanese prime minister abe, but he is also really meeting with some real national security heavyweights. henry kissinger, admiral rogers and notably, the south carolina governor nikki haley who transition sources confirm is on the short list and is being considered for secretary of state. so as donald trump hunkers down with his team and is inching towards making some of these final decisions, it does seem that there is a concerted effort on the part of the transition team to really reclaim the narrative of what's going on behind the scenes in the midst of frankly a week that has been plagued by reports of in-fighting and disorganization. donald trump earlier this morning tweeting quote, my