by Gwen Outen

Today we'll continue our "America in the World" series in our first hour, and talk again with our Talk of the Nation news analyst Ted Koppel. We'll also be joined by Randy Scheunemann, the director of foreign policy and national security for the McCain/Palin campaign.

Both Koppel and Scheuemann will take a look what America's place in the world might look like under a McCain administration, and how their foreign policy in Iraq could differ from that of the current administration. And on the opinion page at the end of the hour, Boston Globe columnist Derrick Jackson talks about his article, "The Value of the Male Schoolteacher".

Last week, Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Hannah caused death and major destruction in Haiti and Cuba. Now meterologists are keeping a close watch on Hurricane Ike, which has caused more damage and flooding in Haiti and across central Cuba and the Turks and Caicos. In our second hour, we'll speak with reporters in Havana, Cuba, and Haiti, about the current conditions in those regions, and we'll check in with our own foreign correspondent Jason Beaubien, to hear about ongoing aid operations from the United States to Haiti. Stay tuned for the ender topic for hour two.