Is United States losing global influence . If you think the answer is yes, call a sent tell us why. Us why. Us and tell you can catch up with us on social media and twitter or facebook and email us at journal a good Tuesday Morning to you with the United Nations meeting its 70th session today. A are asking viewers to take minute and assess the goal of the United States in world affairs. Headline is that obama and putin clash signals a shift in world order. The u. S. President can see that he will have to negotiate with moscow and toronto over the state syrian leaders. Marble in the United Nations state a similar hall has u. S. A pulpit where president s told nations how things were going to be. The story notes that president obama was back at the podium yesterday to implicitly acknowledge that the old u. S. Order had disintegrated along the way. Here is a story from the president s address to the United Nations yesterday morning. As president of the United States i am mindful of the dangers that we face. They cross my desk every morning. Militarye strongest that the world has ever known that will never hesitate to protect my country or our allies unilaterally and by force where necessary. Todayd before you believing in my core that we cannot return to the old ways of conflict and coercion. We cannot look backwards. World, in an integrated one in which we all have a stake in each others success. Cannot turn back those forces of integration. No nation in this assembly can insulate itself from the threat of terrorism or the risk of contagion. The flow of migrants or the danger of a warming planet. The disorder that we see is not driven solely by competition between nations or any single ideology. If we cannot Work Together more effectively, we will all suffer the consequences. Host that is president obama yesterday morning at the United NationsGeneral Assembly. The criticism of the president s Foreign Policy in todays paper by the wall street journals Editorial Board. Mr. Obama noting that america still will not admit that the policy of american retreat has created a vacuum for roads to fill. The United Nations saying i stand before you believing that we cannot return to the old ways of conflict and coercion. We cannot look backwards. Oh yes we can he Editorial Board rights. Critics innts congress jumping on this theme including Kevin Mccarthy in an address he gave yesterday afternoon. If i look in the history of where we are, it seems a lot like 1979. The soviets invading afghanistan and today russia in crimea and ukraine. Finance fanatics over taking an embassy of hours in iran and holding us hostage. There are four hostages there today. U. S. Ast time that a ambassador was killed on foreign reflection a direct of the respect and fear that other countries have of us. 1979 afghanistan and the three brick americans in libya. The chaos and conflict was the direct result of weak america leadership. But it only took 10 years. Togo from a world in chaos the freeing of hostages to the trampling and tumbling of the berlin wall. It all happened because americas leadership and american resolve, so guided by three fundamental principles that must see us forward. The world a safer when america leads, that strength and resolve are the best recipe for peace and security in that america stands with its allies and challenges its adversary. There is no substitute for American Leadership and there is no time like the present to start. House majority leader Kevin Mccarthy yesterday talked about the u. S. Role in the world. We are asking our viewers to weigh in. Is the United States losing global influence. In on socialweigh media on our Facebook Page. We have a poll that you can participate in. , 133 peoplemorning said United States is losing global influence. You can participate throughout todays show. Nick is first calling from new york. Youre on the washington journal. Caller i think that we need to take a lesson from china and the economically asserting itself around the world. Engaged inee China Military conflict in the middle east and elsewhere. Question thathe needs to be answered here is, how much do we have to lose and how much does russia have to gain from the military alliance and gettingnd iran control of isis. Wanted to get control of the radical terrorists. The statement of whoever it was in congress that just spoke. Men Kevin Mccarthy, the expected to be the next bigger of the house. Caller i think his statements are kind of bogus because there from 1979, repeat but the world is far more advanced from 1979. We are not where we used to be. The biggest mistake that we made was in 2003 when we put boots on the ground in afghanistan and iraq. That was the single biggest military mistake that this country has ever made or done under the republican watch. Know if donald to let russia go care of their business in syria and get control of isis is feasible. Host nick mentioned chinas editorial role. They praise china on taking the lead on Global Climate change noting that the emerging world is starting to pull its weight on this issue. Lets go now to gainesville virginia. You are on the washington journal. Cspan. Morning, i was listening to the Kevin Mccarthy speech that you just ran and i could not hold my laughter. He talked about 1979 iran, but clinton had at Peaceful World and a glorious economy with a 500 billion surplus of george w. Bush and what did he do . He rushed our troops to iraq and by 2008 we had all the problems in the world. We were several trillion dollars in debt with two unfinished wars. The economy was falling apart and that is how this country republicans ran this country into a complete ditch. I could not hold my laughter at his hypocrisy. You that what these obama critics are talking about we go intory time the world we should rush our troops and bully our way into winning these wars. Tell me a time we sent troops except losingr the lives of Young Americans and trillions of dollars on a credit card. Give me a break. There is nothing wrong in diplomacy and talking to people. Have 400 billion dollars in deficit and 17 trillion in debt to obama is dead right. Host if you want to watch president obama today i want to note that he will be chairing a leader summit on countering violent extremism happening at 10 30 today. Check cspan for where you can view that speech and that address and debate. Randy is on that line saying for those who say the u. S. Is losing. Thank you for taking my call. I believe the u. S. Is losing its influence. This shows how the president is losing because he is not telling the truth. Bestys we have the military and the world which is true and says we are attacking our allies but i dont see that. Host where did you see that . Regions of the world that you are concerned i believe that we are we cause of that because left a void in the middle east and nobody is addressing that they are just saying that immigration is bringing migrations to the u. S. And look what we had with china and the white house. And weacking cybertek invite these guys to the white house and putin is running circles around us and syria is building up. Alliessaid, none of our trust us and our enemies dont fear us. The few tweets that have come in already this morning. Writes that after world war ii, the u. S. Was the only country can all of being the world leader. Times have changed and is not us alone that can lead. We begines lets hope to delegate influence because influence has been expensive. World leaders laugh it obama and his incompetence in china and russia. And will do what is necessary. Sue, you are on the washington journal. Caller how could we be losing. We are all over the world around everything. It seems like we are the only country ever mentioned in any of these conflicts going on. I dont hear about Great Britain or saudi arabia. I have never seen the country so divided. Abraham lincoln said we are divided and we will not stand. When you insult her own president the Republican Party and people who want to believe what they want to believe, nothing will ever suffice for those who dont believe in that is how it is going to be. I dont understand why it has to be america. We havent won a war since world war ii. Dont we know our own history . Any conflict or any war since world war ii and you want to blame all of that on obama. He probably wasnt even born then. We are talking about the United Statess role in Global Affairs but right here in washington dc. We want to keep you updated on happening with the affairs of this country and the potential shutdown that could happen tomorrow night. Advanced thenate bill to forestall a Government Shutdown. Senate republicans and democrats motive voted monday to advance a temporary spending measure and also signal the battle in the weeks ahead. The bill that was advanced last night does not include language cutting off federal financing for planned parenthood. How house uncertain republicans will hand or the measure. Must be adopted before the fiscal year ends at midnight on wednesday or many federal agencies will be forced to shut down thursday. In our later sections we will be joined by congressman Tom Mcclintock to talk about this and the democrat will join us after that and we will have several questions about this for both of those members of congress. In the meantime we are talking about the u. S. Global influence. Is up next, a republican from montclair new jersey. My idea is that the u. S. Is losing global influence but we dont have the power to be policeman of the world anymore. We have problems at home that we need to a tress address. The other thing is there are other countries who are just as economically powerful like india and china. We are not the only big fish in town. It is time we sit back and let russia and china deal with the affairs of isis. Duluth,b is next from minnesota on the line for those who think the u. S. Is not losing influence. Host taking myank you for call. I dont think we are losing our influence and i dont think we should of went into the rack iraq. Things were stable before we went in there and we destabilized the middle east by doing that and right now we are not moving in a unilateral way. We are including the rest of the world and we need a little bit more of that. If we get money out of politics, we will not have as much of a radical Republican Party. One way to get money out of politics is if everybody told people to shut off all the commercials on their tv, youd punish the tv stations for making all of these political ads a money game. Justin was talking about the United States not having the resources to police the rest of the world. Here is a story about president obama saying that more than 50 nations have pledged more than 30,000 new troops and police for the United Nations peacekeeping efforts and operations. Theyre struggling to respond to what he calls on president it strains. Announcedon monday that the u. S. For the first time in two decades would increase its own u. N. Deployment. Marcia is up next. For those on the line who say the u. S. Is not losing influence. Has i think that the u. S. A larger military influence. There are the culture wars to losing. If we are influence anywhere it is perhaps because our spending power has declined and there might be a little animosity for having rocked the whole world economy, but anyone who watched obama delivered the speech to the United Nations, we are one of the few countries that when our president spoke that room was quiet, paying attention and clapping when he was done. I would go further and say that the globe loves our president but it is just a shame not everybody in the United States loves our president. Host do you think the world is as willing to follow the United States these days as it did in the past . Caller politically, maybe not. I think everybody is tentative because our politics shift and change with our president ial election. But culturally and financially, we are leading. Who doesnt want to wear levi jeans . They are still among every lack market among every country on the globe. Among those who have criticized the president and his Foreign Policy, senator john mccain. Statement about the president s meeting. That highprofile meeting that was so covered. Senator john mccain writes in his statement that the proper was not ao russias teteatete with putin. That may be beyond the ability of president obama but it cannot happen soon enough. Note that most of the major papers and their coverage of president obamas meeting with putin and his meeting at the u. N. Focused specifically on the clashing with pertinent putin. They clash over the syrian crisis. The headline there is that obama theputin clash over syria. Front page of the washington times, obama versus putin and to the front page of the financial times, the u. S. And russia clash over the syrian strategy, it is a big issue between the United States and russia and one that both the american president and the russian president addressed in their speech. From Vladimir Putins address. Sia has always been sing consistently fighting terrorism. Provide assistance to iraq and syria and other countries in the region. We think it is an enormous mistake to refuse to cooperate with the Syrian Government and its armed forces. Acknowledgenally that no one but president assads armed forces are fighting terror armed organizations in syria. All the problems and contradictions are based on the reality. Mustcolleagues, i acknowledge that such an honest and frank approach to russia has been used to accuse it of growing ambition as if those had no ambitions at all. Russia, it is not about s ambitions but the recognition of the fact that we can no longer tolerate the current state of affairs in the world. That was russian president Vladimir Putin yesterday at the United States nation General Assembly at the 70th session of the United Nations. Covering president obamas chairing of a leader summit on countering pilot extremism that is expected to happen at 10 30 later this morning and among other programming notes for viewers today at 10 00, cspan will be covering a planned Parenthood Committee hearing in the house. Talking to cecile richards, the president of planned parenthood. For the next 20 minutes or so we are getting fewer thoughts on United Statess role in the world. Lets go to ray in texas, a democrat. Cspan. I love we really appreciate you very much. I feel like we are having a huge struggle. Todaysition in the world and i believe that a lot of this started with the invasion of iraq. There are only so many things you can say about that if you go there and you take it, you bought it. We have paid dearly for that all the way around. Forould be impossible anyone the sitting president to come in after bush junior and try to do the things that needed to be done. To get us out of iraq and now people are blaming him because we pulled out too early. We should of got our boys out of their. Now isis has come in but that is a direct result of us invading iraq in the first place. So people are trying to blame all of that on obama. Correct . E everything probably not but i would ask anybody in your audience if any other sitting president could have done any better just based on what is going on right now. If you look at anybody who wanted to back us we have the world on our shoulders when we invaded afghanistan after 9 11. President bush wouldve gone down as the most popular president ever if that is all we had done, but instead we got sidetracked and we invaded iraq and we left afghanistan so now we have afghanistan to deal with and iraq to deal with because of isis. You have the issue in syria i dontw with russia know how any sitting president could deal with this. People are really blasting obama and i think he is just trying to do the best he can. Host lets go to billy in miami, florida, waiting on our line for independence. Ray asked could any other president have done better on Foreign Policy. What do you think . Caller i think mr. Obama inherited a lot of dirty linen he is trying to sort through, but my, it was something a little bit different. Something i have never understood is why do we go in and borrow money to fight another countrys more. R . Countrys wa what isnt that country borrow money from china or whoever and and pay us to clean up the mess. I personally feel that we went into iraq because george bush had to save his fathers face and that is the start of all of this, but that is my arsenal opinion. Talking about hiring of american troops to other countries . Sounds,as badly as that the theory is there but when you stop and think, why is the United States taxpayer paying for all of these wars. Why doesnt that country borrow the money from china to fund those wars and we would be happy to fight those wars. As we said, we have a poll on our Facebook Page if you want to join in. Is the United States losing global influence. 77 saying it is no