we are learning reaction from our allies in the region. what are they saying this morning? reporter: we ve been talking about how complicated the situation is on the ground in syria, but for our allies this isn t complicated at all. turkey and including some happy calling trump s decision a quote courageous decision to launch a military operation, turkey saying they believe it s an appropriate response, pushing forward even more saying now is the time to implement an immediate no fly zone as well as creating safe zones, the arab news putting out a cartoon which really summarizes the approach and the attitude of america s allies here. it s an american eagle no longer
going to have to in essence take advantage of what they have created through this attack on the syrian air base, use that as leverage to move forward in further efforts to actually get something done against the syrian regime. they have a chance to do this this. whether or not they will seize this opportunity is of course a question. what about the russians? they aren t happy about this at all. the russians actually stationed at this particular airfield, it s a forward operating base for them. they were alerted through proper channels from the u.s. this was going tho going to happen. what about the conflict with russia over this? well, i think it s really high and the rug russians are saying they are going to shut down the channels that saved their soldiers lives so this is the type of thing that the u.s.
critical is he zbollah. we haven t heard what their response to this is. we do know the syrian army says this makes the u.s. a partner with isis. thank you. the strike in syria has investors on edge, dows sank 120 points right after the strike but futures climbing back as we sort through the severity of the strike. trade mixed amongst these. gold price rising. that happens when investors seek safe haven. not a surprise here, crude jumping almost 2%, above $52 a barrel. the thought is military action in syria could disrupt supply in the middle east if the conflict escalates. you have russia and iran two huge oil players here.
reaction is strong and swift. what s the next move from president trump? live coverage around the world. i m dave briggs. and i m christine romans. 11:00 in the morning in syria, we welcome all of our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. u.s. warships launched 59 tomahawk missiles at the same airfield where the chemical attacks were based. assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children. it was a slow and brutal death for so many. no child of god could ever such horror. this is the first direct military action the u.s. has taken against the assad regime
party. and that s interesting because they vetoed any chemical weapons resolution for instance last month so it s an important statement from china. and one wonders how this administration evolves on the humanitarian crisis in syria. the president clearly move bid the pictures of the innocent babies who he said were murdered, yet he s also said there would be no syrian refugees on u.s. soil and actually won the election say saying he was going to keep those people out of this country. reporter: look, it s hard to know whether that will change but certainly something did change how you react to this kind of horror, and president trump even back in 2013 when president obama laid down a chemical weapons red line and failed to follow-up on it at the time president trump tweeted that president obama should not