5 things to know for your New Day – Tuesday, February 17

ISIS POLL

Numbers down: Americans are increasingly unhappy with the President’s handling of ISIS, and a growing share of the nation believes that fight is going badly, a new CNN/ORC survey says. The CNN/ORC poll found 57% of Americans disapprove of how Barack Obama is handling the threat posed by ISIS, a significant decline in support for the President over the past few months. In late September, that number was 49%. A full 58% of Americans feel U.S. military action against ISIS is going badly.

Thundersnow: You have to give Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore credit. He sure loves his job. Watch him hop and skip when he gets to witness a rare occurrence of thundersnow.

Lesley Gore: Her jubilant teen anthem “It’s My Party” topped the charts in 1963 when she was just 17. She died yesterday from cancer at 68.

CNN