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the european union has slept travel bans and as it freezes on 17th senior syrian government officialsudes 13 cabinet members and four ministers of state. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. orrlet: coming up, insider outsider? donald trump's first two hires seem to be a little bit of both. what it means for his policymaking, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ president-elect donald trump's transition begins to take shape. his joints of rice premeds -- reince priebus as chief of staff and steve bannon as strategist straddles the divide. said to behin recommended as treasury secretary by the transition team. let's get more from washington. stop with steven mnuchin. how likely is this role? we had heard that jamie dimon was under consideration before he shot that down. >> absolutely. as with all things with the president elect, it comes down to his say-so go and sometimes that comes down to how he is feeling on a particular given day or what the news might be. so it is difficult to say with certainty, but w

ban on insurance companies denying coverage for pre-existing conditions. finally, the billionaire said he will forgo a salary, preferring to be paid a dollar instead. at the european union, foreign ministers say they will have to wait and see what moves the new president-elect makes in the weeks ahead. security and defense for the eu are a priority. e.u. foreign ministers were meeting last night at informal dinner talks in brussels. here is more now from the e.u. policy chief. they for europeans strengthen their currency and operations regardless of changes in the administration in the united states. it is time we discuss these decisions. but again, this would have been true with any kind of administration, i believe. it could be. we will see what kind of determinations the next administration will take on defense, but it could be more relevant in the future. in any case, this is something it is in our interest to do. genie: let's bring in p of nsa. how worried are the foreign ministers, given that we now have a u.s. president-elect, donald trump? >> well, they are quite worried. they were first worried about the paris agreement. they know that if the u.s. are not on bo

european union. the searches also spiked here in the u.s. after president-elect donald trump called for a temporary ban on muslims entering the ump still ahead, a star singer slashed by a royal princess. how he got hurt while joking around with a ceremonial sword. >> christa: and where aaron rodgers going? the packers q.b. leaving people scratching their heads during monday night football. >>> and up next, forget cairtds, you could be tipping rudolph cold, hard cash. what happened to drones anyway? reindeer are being used to make some difficult deliveries coming up. >> christa: we're back. a look at what's trending today, rudolph could be delivering pizza in northern japan. demeanor -- domino's pizza is training reindeer to deliver pizza to homes in the winter. the animals will have g.p.s. devices so customers can track their pizzas. reindeer can handle the snow better than some vehicles can. thank you, rudolph. let me give you a $5 bill. ? ? >> nicole: digging the music with this mannequin challenge. that's weymouth police taking part in the mannequin challenge. officers, elementary school students and even police dogs took part in that vid