the principal of my enemy s enemy was applied. qatar on the other hand typically has taken a completely independent foreign policy. the fact both of these are now lining u behind saudi arabia, that s got to worry iran. that now seems much more like a sunni versus shia thing because that s the only thing these three countries have in common, vis-a-vis iran, that there are three sunni-led nations, qatar, saudi and kuwait. the fact that qatar has aligned itself with saudi arabia and there s often been tensions between qatar and saudi arabia over these years, that is very, very significant. sends a powerful message to iran at the same time. bobby gosh, thanks very much. it s been the worst start to the trading year since 2008 and it doesn t look like it s getting better any time soon. the dow here in the united states dropped 300 points shortly after the start of today s trading session. right now, it s down about 300 points. there, you can see it. our business correspondent
to a substantial degree. you know, it s interesting, and you understand the region as well as anyone, bobby, that the saudis obviously severed diplomatic relationings with iran after the iranians or at least elements in tehran burnt and ransacked the saudi embassy there, sudan followed suit, other sunni arab countries have now gone ahead and downgraded the relationship with iran, the united arab emirates, kuwait, qatar. i m surprised about kuwait and qatar. explain how significant this was. because they were always trying to have a relationship with both sides. yes, kuwait is closer to saudi arabia in terms of its political and religious leanings, but it is very close to the border with iraq of course and very close to a very large shiite population on that side of the border with iraq. and the kuwaitis have tried to keep good relationings with iran throughout. there was that entire period during the iraq/iran war when
cnn producer shirzad, thank you. we will continue to check in all morning for updates. let s stay in iran for a moment. i want to bring in cnn global affairs analyst bobby gosh and lieutenant general mark hertling. bobby, tell us about the tone and response we are seeing from iran s leaders. we are hearing from president ro rouhani calling legal acts done by extremists and we are hearing from the ayatollah a much harsher tone. tell us what is happening here? this is the traditional dwight in iran you have president and foreign minister, although we haven t heard from him this morning, who take what we would regard as a line, and
but for me any way this is getting a little long in the tooth. general, the response potentially beyond the strong word that we have seen from rouhani, from al abadi, and the spokesman from the state department, will this end in condemnation of the u.s. or do you expect there will be more? all right, i think we might be having an audio issue. bobby, let me stay with you because we are having an audio issue with the general. bobby, let me put up this picture we saw put on the supreme leader in iran, a split screen comparing saudi executioner here with jihadi john of isis. the split screen here. what is your response let me put the same question to you. the ayatollah said there would
complete picture in the next 48 hours or so. so far, it s really hard. we are looking at all the places and for all the clues you normally expect. we are not finding any. we will see if they can connect the dots. bobby, thanks very much. good to have you on new day. chris? another story we have been following, a young woman that survived a plane crash. she s speaking about the harrowing ordeal and the painful cries of help she heard from the plane. you will hear from awe tim veatch next. when you re living with diabetes steady is exciting. only glucerna has carbsteady clinically proven to help minimize blood sugar spikes. so you stay steady ahead.