this is the "cbs morning news." issues over insults. the republican candidates tone it down in their last debate before tuesday's critical primary contest. remembering nancy reagan. more than a thousand people will attend the funeral today for the former first lady. dishonorable discharge. the wounded warrior project fires its two top executives after cbs news raises questions about how the charity spends its money. and prime punch line. the president and canadian prime minister swap bieber barbs at the white house state dinner. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. after 11, mostly contentious and sometimes profane debates, the republican tenants are

they muted their fiery debate in the past last night. they debated last night in miami and the last showdown before tuesday's critical primaries. five states will vote, including winner take all contests in florida and ohio. marlie hall has our coverage from miami. >> reporter: one thing that can be said about last night's debate here at the university of miami, the candidates focused on issues and not insults. >> i cannot believe how civil it's been up here. >> reporter: thursday night's republican debate delivered on its promise to be a kinder and gentler discussion of the issues. before a packed miami auditorium, immigration was a hot topic. senator marco rubio spoke out against the h1 visa program that some companies use to hire workers. >> they should never be allowed to do it again. >> reporter: front-runner donald trump who admitted using the visa law agreed. >> i have to do what i have to do. it's sitting there and waiting for you but it's very bad. >> reporter: when ted cruz

cruz responded. is funding liberal democrats and funding the washington establishment, it's very hard to candidate is going to take on washington. >> reporter: trump defended his earlier comments that islam hates america. >> you can be politically i don't want to be so politically correct. not the way to defeat radical islamic terrorists. >> you can be correct without needing to be politically correct. we are going to have to work with people in the muslim faith. >> reporter: ohio governor john kasich made his case on economic issues by touting his successes in his home state. >> when i went to ohio, we were 8 billion in the hole and now 2 billion in the black and our credit is strong and we are up 400,000 jobs. >> reporter: donald trump currently has a 100 delegate lead over ted cruz who is in second place. today, former candidate dr. ben carson is expected to endorse trump. marlie hall, cbs news, miami. coming up on "cbs this

rubio discusses his prospects in his home state's primary on tuesday. a man attending a trump rally was arrested and charged with assault after he allegedly sucker-punched a protester. video appears to show 78-year-old john mcgraw punch a protester who was being escorted out of a rally in north carolina. it's not the first incidence of violence at a trump rally. and during last night's debate, trump was asked if he did anything to encourage violence at his rallies. he said he hoped not. >> people come with tremendous passion and love for the country, and when they see protest, in some cases, you know, you're mentioning one case which i haven't seen, i heard about it, which i don't like, but when they see what is going on in this country, they have anger that is unbelievable. they have anger. they love this country. >> reporter: trump's campaign manager is accused of yanking a news reporter's arm. michelle fields posted a picture

the campaign manager said he has never even met fields. earlier, hillary clinton said she was deeply distressed by the incident at the trump rally. during a television interview, pshe said trump should not be urging people on. and as a president, there are consequences what you do and say. >> you can't just be flailing around inside the white house saying whatever come out of your mouth. markets rise and fall and conflicts can begin and, you know, get worse. i mean, so many things really do pay attention to what happens in the office of the presidency. >> in a statement, bernie sanders said no one in america sould ever fear for their safety at a political rally. more flood producing weather is expected today in the gulf coast states. flash flood warnings are posted this morning from louisiana to tennessee. evacuations have been ordered in

there has already been widespread flooding and water is expected to breach a levee this morning. residents of jackson, mississippi, have been told to boil their water after weather-related issues knocked outline the water system. funeral services will be held today for former first lady nancy reagan. friends and family will gather at the reagan presidential library in simi valley, california, where she will be buried next to her husband. teri okita is in simi valley. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's customary for presidents and first ladies to make their funeral arrangements while still in office, so this has been decades in the making. mrs. reagan was very involved in the planning, all the way down to the pallbearers and who will be reading the passages during her service. family' friends of nancy reagan will say farewell to her today at her late husband's presidential library, the place where she spent many of her final days. >> there is going to be an empty chair. i bet we always have an empty

lady is being remembered for her style, grace and devotion to her husband, the 40th president. her tribute will draw on other first ladies, including laura bush and rosalynn carter and hillary clinton and michelle obama. earlier in the week, mrs. obama remembered nancy reagan as a passionate advocate for many important issues, mainly, for her anti-drug campaign. >> mrs. reagan reminded us the importance of women's leadership at every level of our society. >> reporter: the funeral is closed to the public, but aboui 5,500 mourners paid their last respects this week. some waited in line over an hour to look at the casket and left behind notes, flowers and american flags in her honor. >> her classiness and her love for her husband, astounding. >> reporter: james manning worked closely with the first lady for more than a decade. >> i think she would be surprised, but smile. i think this is a reflection on

difference that she made. >> reporter: nancy's children's patti and ronald will share memories of their mother today. her final resting place will be on the library's grounds, right by her husband's side. mrs. reagan's request was that she be buried as close to her husband as possible, just inches away. their burial sight looks toward the sunset over the pacific ocean. >> teri okita in simi valley, thank you. justice department said probable cause there is an iphone owned by one of the san bernardino terrorist attackers. apple has refused to imply with a court order to unlock the phone. last night, attorney general loretta lynch explained the government's side to stephen colbert. >> what we are asking them to do is to help us disable the password erase function, that basically wipes the phone if you guess the password wrong after ten times. we will try to get into the

we will extract the evidence. under the court order that we have gotten, it's very narrow and it's very focused. >> a hearing on the issue is scheduled for march 22nd. two top executives at the wounded warrior project are out, following a cbs news investigation that raised questions about the nonprofit spending. steven nardizzi and al gee o -- gee giordano, the ceo and chief operating officer, were fired during a board meeting on thursday. the wounded warrior project has taken in more than a billion dollars worth of donations since 2003 but more than 40 former employees told cbs news the charity's spending was out of control, including millions of dollars on lavish conferences. the wounded warrior project released a statement calling some media reports on its conference spending inaccurate, but the charity says such events will be curtailed in the future. coming up on the "morning news." prisoners on the run. an intense search is under way

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last night's white house state dinner was a who's who of canadian star power. actors michael j. fox and sandra oh and mike myers and ryan reynolds joined the party. alongside lauren michaels. the best jokes came from president obama and prime minister trudeau with a common punch line. >> mr. prime minister, after today, i think it's fair to say that you're in america. you may well be the most popular canadian named justin. >> one of our most popular exports to the united states, and i need you to stop teasing him is another justin. now -- no, no. that kid has had a great year.

canadian to reach international fame with a song called "sorry." >> this was the first state dinner for a canadian prime minister in nearly two decades. an airline passenger's wish for a little bit of fresh air went terribly wrong in southern china. a passenger opened an emergency door just before takeoff wednesday thinking it was a window! no one was hurt. but the rest of the passengers could not have been happy about the one-hour delay it caused! well, on the cbs "moneywatch," a recall of some popular frozen food and caitlyn jenner teams up with h&m. hena daniels is on wall street with that and more. >> reporter: stocks on wall street ended mostly lower on thursday. the dow jones lost five points and s&p gained half a point and nasdaq lost 12. >> nestle is recalling a variety

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good friday morning, it is march 11 and we made it through the weekend. i walter makaula. >> i'm laura prince, and thank goodness it is friday because my voice is not holding out. traffic and weather, standing by with a look at the roads. >> we are going to start out with it was that gonzales and get you some -- >> you will be okay. you are going to get through it. where are almost there. your we go. finally, friday, and in my view from the biscane bay camera, miami right now dark and early and the winds have settled down in comparison to yesterday. we still have the breeze off the ocean from 8 miles to 50 miles per hour and we still have a dangerous high risk of recurrence through tommaso a heads up if you are going to the beach. you want to avoid going swimming. mild and muggy, low 70s, humidity on the rise so we had the bad hair days because of the windy weather, and then now we are going to add some of that moisture and the stickiness in terms of the bad hair days continuing. clouds around but thankfully no rain. we have been fortunate that it has been mainly dry. this afternoon, breezy and warm with highs in the low to mid- 80s and into the evening, 75,