And the most to lose. 2020 Democratic Candidates attacking the frontrunner in the race. The new backlash for bidens support of a measure to block federal funding of abortion. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with the world lead and President Trump marking history and stirring controversy as he moves on to the second leg of his european tour. Hes currently in ireland and in between meetings with Queen Elizabeth ii and chatting with Prime Ministers, even amongst the serious tone of the commemorations of the 75th anniversary of dday, President Trump still taking time to personally insult his critics. And whether you think its unbecoming of the office, its certainly discordant with the gravity of this weeks normandy remembrance, calling the top democrat in the senate a, quote, creep, because senator schumer had suggested that the president was bluffing on his mexican tariffs, tweeting that actress and singer and trump critic bette midler is a, quote, washed up psycho. Midlers
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historic flooding continuing to ravage the midwest of the united states and apparently it s only going to get worse. water levels are reaching near-record highs along the mississippi, arkansas, and missouri rivers, cresting in major cities and destroying homes and businesses. and as rn cnn s dan simon reports, the worst is yet to come. we re trying to protect our house as best we can right now, with the equipment and hauling in dirt and smoothing it out and raising it up. reporter: the devastating floodwaters now covering the country s heartland leave farmers like julie kurtz in missouri little choice. we have five children, my husband and i, and like i say, we ve lived here 20 years, at least. and it s home. and we don t really have any other means of keeping the children, a roof over their head. so that s why we re working so hard to protect it. reporter: it s a race against