'Major Problem'

" This is a very busy day of diplomacy for President Obama in New York City. The president meeting with the heads of state there for the United Nations General Assembly meetings he's also making brief remarks at a high level climate summit. The president promises the US will be a serious partner in combating global warming Nicholas."

" We also cannot allow -- old divisions but the characterize the climate debate for so many years to -- our progress. Yes the developed nations because much of the damage to our climate over the last century. Still have a responsibility to -- and that includes the United States. "

" Fox News senior political analyst Britt Hume Rick good to have you on. The president. You know basically bragged in that speech about the fact that the house passed that climate change bill back in June. It's bottled up in the Senate really isn't going anywhere and seems to be causing the president know and of political problems is that something he can point to. Well he did. -- look -- a senate committee had acted on -- my sense is that it's going to be very difficult to pass that bill. Anything like its current form. And you know this is -- issues once again but John was the president has this major problem which is. On the day he was elected. A poll of 2000 actual voters found that 44% of them thought that the economy was a big problem. And whatever was in second place was like no 14% down to 5% phrases like good health care and so on. And yet he has folk he has he has acted first on some of these other issues and obviously there was a stimulus bill act passed excuse me. But. The economy is still job one and the president is pushing these other items and they are all understandably in trouble well and that kind of applies to his agenda right now at the United Nations I mean he's meeting with the Israelis meeting with the Palestinians let me read you a quote from. Another reporter who wrote that the president's. Agenda is sort of like the kid at Disneyland. Who wants to go on every ride he's doing a little bit of everything today. Well."

" He is and obviously the foreign policy side of his presidency is. His face for the same set of challenges that his face you know administrations going back as far as either one of us can remember. The mideast situation as it is difficult entangled as never. It is been made more urgent perhaps by -- that this situation with the Iran and the possibility that Israel might take unilateral action against Iran. And then obviously this intention now. All props on that question but also on the question of of the the old issue of settlements in the West Bank and elsewhere. That that the Israelis are are moving forward with. So all of all of this sounds strikingly familiar John it's no accident it is these the same old issues that have. That every president has struggled with them for book for President Obama. The struggle seems as difficult as ever."

" Well -- ended its interest -- because he is enormously popular in other parts of the world one I believe it was Pew Research Center poll. Found that. About 71%. Of the people in various countries overseas view him positively much higher than the view they held of a former President Bush. And yet. Progress in terms of some of the things the United States would like to see with you know Iran's nuclear program that kind of thing that doesn't seem to be forthcoming. Well I think it hasn't yet and fairness."

" It would be remarkable within a short space of what less than a year now. The president had brought about major achievements in foreign policy which tend to occupied every president from the beginning of his administration. Right up until the end you know we'll all remember Bill Clinton in the closing days of his administration. Trying. At long last and nearly succeeding. Two have to have a major peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians only that Yasser Arafat turned its back on the -- minute. So I think the president has. Longer lease on life for longer lease on the world's patience on those issues and he does your home. All right Brit Hume our senior foreign affairs analysts --"