coming up on "early today," whiplash for the first time the republicans squard ss squared off in what was a civil exchange of ideas and policies. what's happening at trump ral rallies rallies? we'll introduce you to an isis turn coat. and an incredible scene in one ohio town. preparing a good bye to nancy regan. and a night to remember that white house. "early today" starts right now. pp. a rare civil meeting among gop candidates in miami last night. this one focussed more on policy than name calling. the suvilt ofcivility of the night was not lost on donald trump. >> i would say we're all in this together, we're going to come up with solutions and find the answers to things and so far

been up here. >> reporter: trump and cruz were quick to name this a two-man race and cruz backed up his views not shared by kasich. >> it's simple math, be to the republican nominee, you've got to get the 1237 democrats. there's only two of us that are on the path to do so. >> these things are changeing all the time and i'm going to be fortunate enough to win ohio. >> all eyes turn to tuesday's primaries with kasich's home state of ohio and rubio's own home state in florida, and a total of 358 delegates up for grabs. later today, ben carson will indorse trump and after the debate, trump spoke about what it means to him. >> great guy, respected by everybody. liked by everybody. i was just a very wonderful thing.

thrown at a protester at a trufrm trufrmtrump rally has led to charges. and a reporter claim she was physically man handled. the trump campaign strongly denies it. >> reporter: stunning new video capturing a trump supporter sucker punching jones in the face, after they were escorting jones. jones yelling that crowd before he was blindsided. >> get out of here. go home to mom. >> reporter: sheriff's deputies walking by the attacker and going after jones. >> as soon as i turned, he hit me in my eye. >> reporter: 78-year-old was unrepentant. >> i knocked the hel out of that big mouth. the next time we see him, we might have to kill him. >> reporter: he was arrested and

the trump campaign says the incident was unfortunate, that they have no control over their supporters behavior and take significant members to keep attendees safe. still, it's the type of behavior some feel trump has encouraged. >> who's protesting? anybody? oh, good etoutout of here. you know what they used to do to guys like that, they'd be carried out in a stretcher, folks. >> i promise you i will pay for the legal fees, i promise. >> reporter: new allegations that hit even closer to home for the campaign, the campaign manager aaccused of roughing up a reporter. michelle fields for um ss tweeted this photo of bruises after she says she was pulled down by the arm following the trump news conference.

and questioning whether fields' accusation is part of a larger pattern of her exaggerating incidents. >> and a washington post reporter says he witnesses the incident and supports fields' story. and trump stood by the campaign manager. >> i don't know anything about it. i just heard about it a little while ago for the first time. he's an incredible guy. i don't he would ever do a thing like that. i just got to see the little clip. he threw a punch but he's an impassioned person and i guess he didn't like what he was

meanwhile, hillary clinton says the cumotion has not been lost on leaders. >> i've been calling calls from a lot of the leaders i know around the world and their basic message is what is happening? >> and last night, influential democratic senator, elizabeth warren echoed those sentiments. >> what's the problem with the two guys they have at the top? these are both people who basically deny the legitimacy of their opponents, they go on the attack, they demean millions of americans and that's what identifies them as extremists and why republicans -- man, republicans in the senate are breaking apart over this. now to the raging floods in the south.

thousands of families have been evacuated as relentless rain has overwhelmed cities and towns. over 20 inches in some areas. and in monroe, louisiana, fish were seen swimming along sidewalks. and the flood gates opened in louisiana. the president and first lady hosted canadian prime minister and his wife at the white house last night for a state dinner. and dressed to the nines, they greeted the counter parts from their the north before dining with 200 other guests including michael j. fox, and ryan reynolds and actor, mike meyers and snl creator, lauren michaels p . prime minister says we're more than friends. >> we're more like siblings, really. we've shared parentage, though

later years. we became the stay-at home type. you grew to be a little more rebellious. now to this, caught on camera, massive explosion outside of cleveland. and after catching fire at a construction site, first responders were in the area at the time of the explosion and no one was hurt. some restaurants and businesses had to be shut down. so far the cause of the fire is not known, it's under investigation. turning overseas now, where they appeared to have revealed identities of thousands of isis fighters. this comes from forms similar to job applications stolen from isis. here with more. >> reporter: isis is fiercely protective of its secrets and defecters, if caught are

so, this parent leak may be a sign isis is starting to lose control. the german federal police has already said that the documents appear genuine but it's an enormous and unprecedented trove of information, which experts are still sifting through. >> i think they probably are authentic, these documents, because they contain a great deal of information that can be verified. >> reporter: there are thousands of these forms that list detailed information about isis recruits which date back to 2013 and 2014, we identified six that name americans, including one douglas mcarthur, mccain from san diego who as nbc news first reported, was killed two years ago. the name on the form is not a perfect match but his date of birth and home town are. >> who the recruiters were.

single most and significant thing in these files. >> reporter: this syrian man says all the information was on a memory stick he stole from senior isis commander and got out of syria. i got it in my baby's diaper, he said because i knew they wouldn't search there. he joined isis early on and was a trusted member but grew dissolutioned. "i saw them rape, i saw them butcher children in front of their mothers." he said. two security experts say they appear genuine. former first lady, nancy regan, will be laid to rest at the regan presidential library. thousands more paid their respect on the second day of public mourning thursday before today's private funeral, outside

will be buried next to her husband, ronald regan. and expected to speak, nancy's two children and baker and tom bro kawhi brokaw. you with watch live coverage on nbc. and let's talk with bill karins. >> sunday will be better but this storm is still over south florida. this is three days in a row we're waking up to torrential rains in louisiana and mississippi and it's just pumping up all the moisture out of the golfulf. and that's going to continue throughout the day today. we've been in flood emergency to almost 36 to 48 hours.

these watches, 1.8 million are in the warnings. an additional to two to four inches. southern mississippi to mobile area. and where all the rivers are at record stages in northern l.a. l louisiana, we're only expecting another inch or two. but there's already been 16 inches in some places. showers in the midaddtlantic and northeast. and heavy rains throughout the deep south, gulf coast. and notice we really don't cool off much over the upcoming weekend. but we'll start to dry out in the flood zone on sunday. now a closer look at your day ahead. so, one more day of very warm conditions up through the southeast and midatlantic. still 80s up to raleigh.

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better weekend. this is wcnc, nbc charlotte's morning news. now 4:30, breaking news outside of uptown, a violent carjacking ends in gun fire, a search for the suspect. >> we're nervous. >> stranger danger, why two mothers are urging people to keep a close eye on their kids this morning. saying goodbye, some of the mourners expected to attend former first lady's nancy reagan's funeral today. and thanks for waking up with us on this friday morning, you've made it, i'm ben thompson alongside larry sprinkle, thanks for joining us now at 4:30, first a look at the friday forecast, looks like we might