Mcconnells expertise in getting the votes. This is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. We want to welcome our viewers. It is monday july 17, chris is off, john berman joining us. Happy monday. Here is our on starting line. New poll shows the president s Approval Rating hitting a record low. The abc News Washington post poll finds just 36 approve of the president s job performance. That is the lowest six month Approval Rating of any president in seven decades. President trump remains defiant in the face of the latest russia revelations s unleashing tweets defending his son and attacking the media. And now the secret service is refuting one of the claims made by the trump team. And the white house trying to get everyones attention back to the president s agenda. They are announcing new theme weeks beginning this week with made in america week. That is what they are calling it. Will any of this change the political situation for them however. One of the president s key promises