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President trump has a problem, the American People dont trust him. Thats a key finding in one new cnn poll showing the president with his Approval Rating at just 38 . Its lowest point in cnn polling. Only one other newly elected president has held an Approval Rating below 50 at the sixmonth mark since the modern polling era began. That was bill clinton. Still well ahead of President Trump at 44 . This trust issue is telling. Fewer than one american in four says they trust most of what they hear from the white house. And 60 , 60 say they dont trust the commander in chief. Even President Trumps base is starting to erode here. Only 53 of whites who did not graduate from college, thats a core group that helped put him over the top in the election, now support him. Thats down from 59 in april despite the president s monday twitter claim that his base isnt going anywhere. And speaking of twitter, many people say they have big concerns about that. 72 say the president s tweets send the wrong message to world leaders. President trumps highest marks came on the economy and national security. Those were split and within the margin of error. More than six in ten disapprove of his handling of health care and foreign affairs. Overall, nearly six people in ten say donald trump has not had the right priorities in dealing with the countrys problems. A twitter tirade monday showed why the president s social media habit was a special focus of a cnn poll. It came during what President Trump is calling a working vacation at his new jersey golf club. Cnn White House Correspondent sara murray has the story. Reporter good morning. President trump is insisting he is hard at work as he spends the week at his golf club in bedminster, new jersey. The white house, though, offering few details about what hes up to. On monday we know he got a daily intelligence briefing, and he spent about an hour on the phone with his secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, and chief of staff, john kelly, to discuss the situation in north korea. Of course that left plenty of time to tweet. And tweet the president did. He took aim at the New York Times. He insisted hes not losing his base of supporters and went after democratic senator richard blumenthal, someone pushing for legislation that would protect the special counsel in the russia investigation from any kind of political interference. Now some had hoped the president s new chief of staff, john kelly, would be able to calm down these twitter can trums. We are told by sources that kellys top priority is not policing President Trumps social media. Back to you. Sara murray. Thank you. One other tweet from President Trump is causing confusion. Take a look. On monday afternoon, the president wrote, the Fake News Media will not talk about the importance of the United Nations Security Councils 150 vote in favor of sanctions on north korea. The president tweeted that out yesterday at 4 15 in the afternoon. Take a look at cnns reporting exactly two minutes before he hit send. Breaking news in our world lead now. North korea is vowing revenge against the United States after the u. N. Security council led by u. S. Ambassador nikki haley unanimously adopted the toughest sanctions yet against that country. That was the first of backtoback segments on cnn about north korea. In fact, cnn has been reporting on north korea extensively and interviewed u. N. Ambassador nikki haley after the u. N. Sanctions vote. And there is fierce pushback from north korea itself in the face of those tough new sanctions imposed by the u. N. Kim jonguns regime accusing the United States of trying to bring the Korean Peninsula to the brink of nuclear war. North koreas foreign minister declaring his country will not put its Nuclear Program on the negotiating table under any circumstances. We want to go live to cnns will ripley. He has reported many, many, many times from pyongyang in north korea. We want to go to him for the latest live from beijing. Will, good morning. Reporter hi, miguel. What we have seen in this region is a lot of response, very strong response to what really was a significant diplomatic win for the Trump Administration. A 150 United Nations vote approving what is essentially a 1 billion economic assault on the pyongyang regime led by kim jongun, cutting their exports of things like iron and coal and seafood and also limiting their access to International Banks and financial institutions. All of this designed to cut north korean export income by as much as onethird if the sanctions are implemented. Here in china that is the key because there have been six rounds of increasingly strong sanctions. Yet what we have seen is north korea continue to test missiles, nuclear devices, and we saw a response from pyongyang doubling down on their Nuclear Missile program saying these snanks will not stop their efforts. In fact, they say they will work harder to fight against what they call a violent violation of their national sovereignty, even hinting at a physical response against the United States. Weve heard this kind of rhetoric before from north korea. Ive heard officials in the country as recently as when i was there in june talk about the fact that despite any sanctions as a result of the Missile Program that would be the last programs they cut. Theyll continue to push forward. But the new dynamic here is that never before has north korea had an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that analysts say could reach theoretically much of the mainland u. S. Missional . North korea stick miguel . North korea sticking to their guns in a literal sense. Will ripley in beijing. Thank you. The american secretary of state Rex Tillerson among those joining efforts to keep the pressure on north korea here. Kim jonguns Nuclear Program a topic of wide concern at the justconcluded summit of south sabre an leaders in south asian leaders in manila. South korea, japan, and china all urging pyongyang to comply in the face of those new u. N. Sanctions. We have more live this morning from seoul, south korea. We heard the secretary of state Rex Tillerson saying theres no daylight between allies here and neighbors in the region. They want an end to the Nuclear Program. Weve heard from north korea there will be no end to its Nuclear Program. Reporter right. And christine, china is taking a strong stand. Theyre saying all the right things, saying theyll pay the price for enforcing sanctions. They have the heaviest price to pay as they have the largest economic relationship. They say theyre doing it for peace and Global Security. Secretary tillerson is spending time in the region talking to his counterparts about what they can do to fully enforce the sanctions. Its a message he takes as he leaves manila and arrives in bank dock. Thailand bangkok. Thailand has an embassy there. U. S. Says north korea uses thailand as a hub for illicit activities. The secretary of state will be carrying a message to thailand saying they can be a key partner in the effort to freeze out north korea, and they are relying on support from thailand to further isolate north korea to achieve the objectives of trying to work toward a denuclearized Korean Peninsula. The Global Security questions that secretary tillerson is facing while hes here are not limited to the north Korean Nuclear problem. He is also being asked about the fight against isis in the philippines. He had a meeting with the controversial plenty president , rodrigo duterte, whos made colorful comments about u. S. Policy and the previous obama administration. The two did meet at one point. Duterte saying to tillerson he was a good friend, close ally. A reporter did, however, asked tillerson how the u. S. Can provide support to the philippines in their fight against isis, in terms of information, resources, and training. Without endorsing human rights abuse in the philippines. Secretary tillerson said that he sees new conflict between providing support to fight isis and what are the alleged abuses associated with president dutertes war on drugs which has left thousands of people dead. Certainly that photo op, handshake. Sidestepping any conversation about human rights abuse getting a lot of attention this morning here in the United States. Thank you very much for that. An alarming draft report by government scientists says Climate Change is already severely affecting the u. S. There are concerns the Trump Administration will try to keep the report under wraps. The report says the average temperature in the u. S. Has risen dramatically since 1980 and may climb over the coming century beyond the point at which changes being catastrophic. Another key finding it is possible to attribute some extreme weather to Climate Change. This study by scientists from 13 federal agencies directly contradicts claims by the president , by President Trump, and some of his cabinet officials who say the human contribution to Climate Change is uncertain. The National Academy of sciences has signed off on this draft. The authors are awaiting permission from the administration to release it. One of the scientists involved tells the New York Times that he and others worry the white house will suppress this study which is why you have found it in the pages of a newspaper instead. The lawsuit against two psychologists who helped design the cia torture program is set for trial next month. The aclu taking dr. James mitchell and dr. John ruse jessen to court on behalf of two detainees and the family of a third detainee who froze to death in prison. The suit claims the men were taken into custody and tortured during the war on terror. The psychologists were contracted to craft the cias enhanced interrogation techniques after 9 11. A federal judge said monday they can be sued, ruling private contractors who work for the u. S. Government are not immune from litigation. The deadline for next years obamacare contracts in late september. The exodus of insurers has already begun. Anthem announcing it is pulling out of nevadas marketplace completely and cutting its presence in georgia by half. Right now nearly 10,000 americans in 17 counties are at risk of no option. No option on the Obamacare Exchange next year. 2. 7 million may only have one option. And anthem is blamed for much of the current instability. Anthem participated in 14 states this year but withdrew from ohio, indiana, wisconsin, and much of california. Insurers hate uncertainty, and washingtons actions so far has fueled obamacares instability, particularly President Trumps threats to stop paying costsharing subsidies. Carriers rely on those to help pay for lowincome consumers. The president has called them a bailout. The money that goes to help lowincome americans afford their health care. Hes called it a bailout. Anthem could be the first of many insurers to downsize or hike premiums. Carriers have one week now to set rates for next year. So far, nearly half of Companies Plan to increase premiums by 20 or more. Many Companies Say without any clarity from the Trump Administration, clarity that they will indeed continue to uphold the law and pay those subsidies, it just its too volatile an environment. If the federal government doesnt keep at it, could have problems with the entire health care industry. Updates on two police manhunts in the midwest. A cop killer on the loose in missouri. 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Police say Brandon Lee Powell shot and killed himself after they tracked him down to his parents home in the rural town of antwerp. They tried to coax him out of a crawl spois. It is not space. It is not clear whether his parents knew he was in the home. Last week he overpowered a deputy in a transport van and took off with his handgun. A horrifying story at an orlando preschool. A little boy dead in a van in the Little Miracles parking lot. The child is about 3 years old. Police are not releasing his identity or details about the death. The Little Miracles academys website was taken down last night. And calls to the facility have not been answered. Opening statements set to begin in a civil trial filed against taylor swift. The singer is expected to testify at some point. David mueller, a former denver deejay at kygo radio, a cnn affiliate, he claims he lost his job after swift accused him of groping her backstage at one of her concerts in 2013. Mueller filed a suit against swift, her mother andrea, and her radio promotions director in 2015. He is seeking 3 million in damages. Swift, who was 23 at the time of the encounter, is countersuing mueller. And google reportedly firing the employee who wrote a memo saying women are not biologically fit for tech roles. A spokesperson for the company declined to confirm the male engineer had been let go, but the report follows an email from googles Ceo Sundar Pichai condemning the controversial memo last week. A Google Engineer published a 3,300word manifesto criticizing googles efforts to increase diversity, adding that the companys liberal bias make it difficult to discuss the issue. Pichai told employees he supports them expressing their opinions, but the sections of the memo violates googles code of conduct by advancing harmful gender stereotypes. A source inside the company told cnn that breaching that code often results in firing. That was the watercooler story of the day yesterday. Everyone was talking about the memo and Silicon Valley and efforts to diversify Silicon Valley always puts them in a bad position. You want to foster openness among employees, but you dont want people saying whatever they want. So interesting. 5 19. President trump isnt the only world leader facing a lack of confidence. A vote in south africa could see the president and his entire cabinet ousted. Were live in south africa. Your big idea. Will people know it means theyll get the lowest price guaranteed on our rooms by booking direct on choicehotels. Com . Hey badda book. Badda boom mr. Badda book. Badda boom book now at choicehotels. Com or a little internet machine . [ phone ringing ] hi mom. It makes you wonder. Shouldnt we get our phones and internet from the same company . Thats why Xfinity Mobile comes with your internet. You get up to 5 lines of talk and text at no extra cost. [ laughing ] so all you pay for is data. 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As you say, president zuma has faced scandal before. Hes faced votes before of this kind. Real sense of anticipation here that this is a critical juncture in south africas young democracy. Youre going to have protesters from both sides converging in a small area. A combustible situation. And certainly all eyes in the coming hour whether the opposition represented by people behind me can get enough of the votes to push the president out. He says hes done nothing wrong. Even so, he faces more than 700 counts of fraud, corruption, and racketeering. David mckenzie keeping an eye on that for us in cape town. Thank you very much for that. Now, do you trust what you hear from the president . If you do, youre in a shrinking minority. Not good news for the white house. Well have that and more surprising findings from a new cnn poll coming up. What if we could bring you better value by having better values . At blue apron, we work directly with more than a hundred family farms. 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President trump has a problem the American People do not trust him. That is just one key finding of a new cnn poll. Brandnew polling showing the president with his Approval Rating at just 38 , its lowest point in cnn polling. Only one other newly elected president has held an Approval Rating below 50 at the sixmonth mark, since modern polling began. Thats bill clinton. Ahead of President Trump. President trump at 44 . Fewer than one american in four trust most of what they hear from the white house. 60 say they dont trust the commander in chief. Now even President Trumps base is starting to erode. Only 53 of whites who did not graduate from college, a core group that helped push him over the top during the election, support him. Thats down from 59 in april. Despite the president s monday twitter claim that his base is not being anywhere. And twitter is part of this. Speaking of twitter, many people say they have big concerns about that. 72 , 72 say the president s tweets send the wrong message to world leaders. President trumps highest marks came on the economy and on national security. Those were split within the margin of error. Meanwhile, more than six in ten disapprove of his handling of health care and foreign affairs. Overall, nearly six people in ten say donald trump has not had the right priorities in dealing with the countrys problems. A twitter tirade monday showed why the president s social media habit was a special focus of the cnn poll. It came during what President Trump was calling a working vacation at his new jersey golf club. Cnn White House Correspondent sara murray with more. Reporter good morning. President trump is insisting he is hard at work as he spends the week at his golf club in bedminster, new jersey. The white house, though, offering very few details about what hes up to. On monday we know he got a daily intelligence briefing. He spent about an hour on the phone with hiss secretary of state with his secretary of state Rex Tillerson and chief of staff john kelly to discuss north korea. That left plenty of time to tweet, and tweet the president did. He took aim at the New York Times. He insisted hes not losing his base of supporters, and he went after democratic senator richard blumenthal, someone who is pushing for legislation that would protect the special counsel in the russia investigation from any kind of political interference. Now some had hoped the president s new chief of staff john kelly would be able to calm down the twitter tantrums. We are told by sources that kellys top priority is not policing President Trumps social media. Back to you. Thanks. One other tweet from President Trump is causing a bit of confusion. Take a look. On monday afternoon, the president wrote, the Fake News Media will not talk about the importance of the United Nations Security Councils 150 vote in favor of sanctions on north korea. The president tweeted that yesterday at 4 15 p. M. And take a look at cnns reporting just two minutes before he hit send. Breaking news in our world lead now. North korea is vowing revenge against the United States after the u. N. Security council led by Ambassador Nikki Haley unanimously adopted the toughest sanctions yet against that country. That was the first of backtoback segments on cnn about north korea. In fact, cnn has been reporting on north korea extensively and interviewed u. N. Ambassador nikki haley after the u. N. Sanctions vote. Fierce pushback from north korea in light of the tough sanctions imposed by the u. N. Kim jongun accusing the United States of trying to bring the Korean Peninsula to the brink of nuclear war. North koreas foreign minister declaring his country will not, will not put its Nuclear Program on the negotiating table under any circumstances. Cnns will ripley has reported extensively from pyongyang. He brings us the latest live this morning from beijing. These are bellicose comments from the north koreans. No question. We keep hearing on the american side all the options are on the table. Where are we here on in terms of an off ramp for any kind of conflict . Reporter clearly what the United States is trying to do here and we need to give the Trump Administration credit for a big diplomatic win over the weekend. A 150 vote in the u. N. In favor of these sanctions as a result of a missile test. Keep in mind here in china, they have never before approved sanctions on the back end of a missile test. It had taken Nuclear Tests previously for china to approve other rounds of sanctions here. China also saying that they are prepared to pay an economic price for this. This is essentially a 1 billion economic assault on north koreas exports. What theyre trying to do is to get north korea to stop testing missiles and to stop developing Nuclear Weapons because pretty much all analysts can agree on one thing that the military option which the United States insists is on the table, would be absolutely devastating for pretty much all parties involved. It would destabilize the Korean Peninsula. There could potentially be a refugee crisis, people streaming over the border here into china, which china certainly doesnt want. The United States would have to take responsibility for what pretty much all analysts say would be a victorious outcome at the end of any military conflict with north korea. What would that look like . How long would that last . Not to mention that right now north korea has a tremendous amount of conventional weapons pointed at the metropolitan area of seoul that could kill literally millions of people. These sanctions, this is an attempt to try to do something to deescalate this rapidly escalating situation. Will ripley in beijing. Thank you for that. Excellent analysis. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson among those joining efforts to ramp up the pressure on north korea. Kim jonguns Nuclear Program a topic of wide concern at the justconcluded summit of south asian leaders in manila, south korea, japan, and china, also urging pyongyang to comply in the face of those new u. N. Sanctions. Cnns alex field with more live from seoul, south korea. Good morning. Reporter hey there, miguel. China might have the lions share of work to do when it comes to enforcing these sanctions, but secretary of state Rex Tillerson is here talking to his counterparts about how they can help to enforce sanctions. Its a message he is taking to thailand. Hes there in to pay reports to the king who died this year. Hes talking to counterparts about how they can help isolate the region. There are diplomatic ties between north korea and thailand, and north korea has used thailand as a hub. The u. S. Looking at thailand as a key partner to defuse the crisis on the Korean Peninsula. This isnt the only security concern being presented to secretary tillerson while hes in the region. He also met with the plenty president , rodrigo duterte, photographed, seen on camera together. No official readout of what was discussed at the meeting. Secretary tillerson was asked about the u. S. support for the fight against isis in the philippines. Namely were talking about information, training, resources here, and whether that conflicts with or endorses somehow the human rights abuses that have been well documented in the philippines. He says the support in the fight against isis doesnt conflict with what are the alleged human rights abuse that are said to be part of president dutertes war on drugs where its believed that thousands of people have been killed. In a departure from his usual colorful comments about the u. S. And the obama administration, for example, president duterte did at one point tell secretary of state Rex Tillerson that the u. S. Has been a good friend, a good ally. Alexandra field for us in seoul. Thank you very much. An alarming draft report by government scientists says Climate Change is already severely affecting the u. S. , and there are concerns the Trump Administration will try to keep this report under wraps. This draft obtained by the New York Times says the average temperature in the u. S. Has risen drastically since 1980 and may climb over the coming century beyond the point at which changes being catastrophic. Another key finding it is possible to attribute some extreme weather to Climate Change. The study by scientists from 13 federal agencies directly contradicts claims by the president and some cabinet officials who say the human contribution to Climate Change is uncertain. The National Academy of sciences has already signed off on the draft. And the authors are awaiting permission from the administration to release it. One of the scientists involved tells the times that he and others are worried the white house will suppress the study. The dow hits its ninth record close in a row. More good news for the markets cheerleader in chief, President Trump. What about the rest of the economy . 200 days in, its mainly good news. A million jobs have been created since trump took office. Housing prices are at record highs. Consumer spending, a large driver of the economy, is up. In a reverse from last year, businesses are borrowing more. Thats a good sign since consumers cant prop up the economy alone. However, there are a few weak spots. The hot jobs market has not translated into wage growth yet. High housing prices are pricing out some firsttime home buyers. Overall, the economic picture is not all that different from the last six months of obamas presidency. As for stocks, an undeniable win for trump. The dow up 20 since the election. Even as the white houses economic agenda squalls here. Corporate provi stalls here. Corporate profits keeping numbers near highs. What about the worker class . Stock records with a measure of companies well being, not worker well being. Nearly half of americans are not invested in the stock market. The real challenge is how to translate what is great for companies into advantage vanses for workers and new factories, jobs, and higher wages. A big concern. Its amazing the how fast the economy can grow, but wages are stuck, it seems. Next, we have updates on two police manhunts in the midwest. A cop killer on the loose in missouri, and a gruesome end to a search for an escaped rape suspect in ohio. vo unlimited is only as good as the network its on. And only one network can be the best. Verizon. Just named number one in the nation by rootmetrics, the largest independent study. 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A manhunt underway for a missouri who allegedly shot and killed a Police Officer during a traffic stop. 39yearold ian james mckarcart of missouri was pulled over by officer gary michael for a registration violation sunday. He opened fire on the officer once he stepped out of his patrol car. Officer michael was with the Clinton Police department for less than a year. The search for an ohio rape suspect on the run since last week is over. Police say Brandon Lee Powell shot and killed himself after they tracked him down to his parents home in the rural town of antwerp. They tried to coax him out of a crawl space. It is not clear whether his parents knew he was in the home. Last week he overpowered a deputy in a transport van and took off with his handgun. The parents of 8yearold gabriel tay filed a lawsuit against the Cincinnati School board seven months after the boy hanged himself with a necktie in his home. They claimed they were not informed of an incident that left him unconscious in the bathroom two days before he took his life. Surveillance video from the school showed behavior that could rise to the level of criminal assault. The School District would only say that it is aware of that lawsuit. Poor little guy. Opening statements set to begin this afternoon in a civil trial filed against taylor swift. The singer is expected to testify at some point. David mueller, a former denver deejay at kygo radio, a cnn affiliate, claims he lost his job after swift accused him of groping her backstage at one of her concerts in 2013. Mueller filed a suit against swift, her mother andrea, and her radio promotions director in 2015. He is seeking 3 million in damages. Swift, who was 23 at the time of the encounter, is countersuing mueller. 47 minutes past the hour. Heavy rainstorms, even flooding possible from louisiana to the midatlantic. Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the forecast. The southeast the place to be if you like wet weather. We have plenty the next couple of days. Plenty of thunderstorms stretching out of eastern texas, on into the carolinas. The heaviest rainfall concentrated from, say, northern georgia, into the Coastal Region of the carolinas there where we think as much as, say, four to six inches could come down. Generally speaking, two to three inches is what were looking at. That does include the greater atlanta area, as well. Certainly localized flooding possible with this. Notice that 76 degrees for a High Temperature in cincinnati. Makes it to around 81. Syracuse, 72. St. Louis after a stifling summer so far, an 85degree afternoon. Even dallas cool for their standards. Around 90 for the High Temperatures. And it looks like it will want to warm up a little each of the next several days. Atlanta keeps it somewhat cool. While in washington, getting to the middle 80s. Same thing for new york city, as well. 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For the president of the country, jacob zuma [ inaudible ] pretty loud here. Behind here, thousands of protesters are moving on to parliament. If he gets voted out, he could lose the presidency later today. There could be a the dissolving of the [ inaudible ] thousands of protesters from both sides moving on to a confined space. A heavy Police Presence here in cape town outside parliament. Theres going to be an intense debate in Parliament Later and possibly a new president later today in south africa. Miguel . This is amazing we will let you go. I know youre having audio issues. Amazing reporting you are doing. It is interesting that this is the first time its been a secret ballot for south africans for the parliament. Fascinating that you have eyes on it for cnn. Thank you. Kenyans are casting their votes this morning in a tight race for president. The incumbent and his longtime rival are neck and neck as ke a kenyatta pursues the term in office. There is fighting over the economy and courting of the youth vote with more than half of the 19 million registered voters under the age of 35. Results expected within a week. Lets check cnn money stream. Global stocks lower after disappointing trade data in china. In the u. S. The dow and s p 500 both hit record high closes. This is the ninth in a row for the dow. Strong earnings are keeping stocks at record highs. Profits in 2017 on track for the best growth in six years. And many u. S. Companies are being helped by a weaker dollar. About 40 of sales for s p 500 Companies Last year was overseas. A falling dollar makes u. S. Products cheaper for foreign buyers. The index down about 7 this year. Tesla will sell 1. 5 billion in bonds to fund its model 3 production. The company is banking on its mass market model 3 to be a rival for automakers like ford and chevrolet. Tesla already has 455,000 preorders for the electric car. Ceo elon musk warns tesla faces manufacturing hell as it ramps up production. So to help with the cost, musk is hoping Bond Investors are as hungry as stock investors for tesla. Teslas stock is up 67 this year. Not bad. Google reportedly firing that employee who wrote the memo saying women are not biologically fit for tech roles. A spokesperson for the company declining to confirm that the male engineer has been let go. The reports followed that email from google Ceo Sundar Pichai condemning the controversial memo. Last week a Google Engineer published a 3,300word manifesto criticizing googles efforts to increase diversity, adding that the companys liberal bias makes it difficult to discuss the issue. A google ceo told employees he supports them expressing their opinions. But sections of the memo violate googles code of conduct by advancing harmful gender stereotypes. A source inside google told cnn breaching that code often results in firing. This memo set people on fire yesterday. I got to say, the sexist stuff people have been saying on twitter, too, has been so gross. The anonymity of twitter that people can root for this guy who thinks that diversity is just a progressive mirage inside google is gross. Sadly sometimes brings out the worst. Start taearly start conti right now. Theres a growing distrust of the trump white house. Brand new cnn polling with a stark reality for the president this morning. And pyongyang says the u. N. Is pushing the world to the brink of nuclear war, and it will make america pay if it takes action. Good morning, and welcome to early start. Ill Miguel Marquez in for brings brings. How are you . Dave briggs. How are you . Nice to see you. Top of the hour. I am christine romans, tuesday, august 8th. President trump has a problem the American People do not trust him. That is one key finding of a brandnew cnn poll showing the president with his Approval Rating at just 38 . Thats its lowest point in cnn polling. Only one other newly elected president has held an Approval Rating below 50 at the sixmonth mark since modern polling began. That was bill clinton. Still ahead of President Trump at 44 . The trust issue, its telling. Fewer than one american in four says they trust most of what they hear from the white house. 60 say they dont trust the commander in chief. Now even President Trumps base is starting to erode, including whites who did not graduate from college. A core group that helped put him over the top in november. Only 53 of them now support him, down from 59 in april. Despite the president s monday twitter claim that his base isnt going anywhere. 73 of people say the president s tweets send the wrong message to world leaders. The tweets on the economy and national security. Those were split on margin of error. Six in ten disapprove of his handling of health care and foreign affairs. Overall, six people in ten say donald trump has not had the right priorities in dealing with the countrys problems. Joining us from washington to sort through the numbers and what they mean, political economist greg valier, chief strategist for horizon investment. Good morning. Great to see you this morning. Lets talk about the poll numbers. The president called it fake, phony polling. Hes said he doesnt believe them. Clearly these must be under his skin here. They are showing a white house that most americans dont trust. An Approval Rating of 38