this morning on "world news now," republican surprise. donald trump and his rivals setting aside personal attacks in place of substance at last night's debate, as the democrats head for political battleground states. life or death. the family held hostage by an escaped prisoner. the fear in their home and what they did to bring this ordeal to an end. new this half hour, cracking down on men who hog seats on mass transit. >> it's called manspreading. offenders can take away up to three seats. one city's plan to give out huge fines. later in "the skinny," the hottest stars from canada. blame canada for them, celebrating at the white house with the obamas and the trudeaus. a big story, who did not make it there. it's friday, march 11th.

>> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> poutine. >> very, very canadian. >> you think that's what they served last night? >> oh, god, i hope not. because poutine is only good at 3:00 a.m. after a long night in montreal. >> and you spend a lot of time in montreal. so you would know. >> so i would know. >> we are going to begin with the kinder, gentler field of republicans laying out their differences in the most respectful manner yet. this is not how i expected us to start our broadcast. >> last night's gop match-up in miami took on an unquestionably grown-up tone. gone were the brutal attacks and vulgar references leaving more time for issues like trade and foreign policy. we'll get more now from abc's david wright. >> reporter: in miami, no short fingered snipes. >> i will let donald speak for himself. >> reporter: all of the candidates sought to appear more presidential. >> on tuesday night, i didn't do

as well, obviously, as a wanted to, and you was a little bit disappointed when i got home. >> reporter: including trump. >> so far, i cannot believe how civil it's been up here. >> reporter: quite the contrast from the last gop debate. >> breathe, breathe, you can do it. i know it's hard. i know it's hard. >> when they're done with the yoga, can i answer a question? >> you cannot. >> reporter: all those school yard taunts. >> i have a policy question for you. >> let's see if he answers it. >> i will. don't worry about it, marco. don't worry about it, little marco i will. >> reporter: either bounced off or backfired. cnn's jake tapper asked trump about his statements that islam hates us. >> did you mean all 1.6 billion muslims? >> i mean a lot of them. i mean a lot of them. >> reporter: marco rubio pushed back. >> let me say, i know that a lot of people find appeal in the things donald says because he says the things they wish they could say. the problem is presidents can't

it has consequences here and around the world. >> marco talks about consequences. you can be politically correct if you want. i don't want to be so politically correct. i like to solve problems. >> i'm not interested in being politically correct. i'm interested in being correct. >> reporter: that's about as heated as it got. rubio and john kasich both fighting hard to win their home states. cruz is hoping to be the last man standing to challenge trump. >> there's some folks in washington -- > donald, you are welcome to be president of the smithsonian. >> reporter: there were four of them on that stage, ben carson now getting set to endorse trump. how many of them will be still standing the next time they debate? david wright, abc news, new york. well, the democrat are on the move rallying supporters ahead of tuesday's crucial primaries hillary clinton spoke in suburban chicago not far from her childhood home looking to sharpen her message on jobs and the economy. meanwhile, her campaign has rolled out a new ad featuring the leading women of shonda rhimes hit tv shows, kerry washington, viola davis, ellen

pompeo and rhimes praising clinton as a champion of the real world. >> bernie sanders is holding rallies in three states today but yesterday his focus was on delegate-rich florida. he made several campaign stops attracting about 20,000 people in all. sanders promised to expand social security and he told supporters he could win florida if there's a large voter turnout. >> quite a crowd in tampa and quite a crowd last night at the white house for the first official state dinner for canada in nearly 20 years. president obama welcomed canada's new prime minister justin trudeau, praising him for his policies on climate change and refugees. both leaders noting their close ties. trudeau even saying the two are closer than friends, more like siblings. we'll have much more from the state dinner and what they drank. is that some ice wine? i don't know. >> you did bring me a bottle of ice wine. very good. >> former first lady nancy reagan will be laid to rest right next to her husband at his

thousands of well-wishers paying their respects to mrs. reagan over the last two days. relatives of every president dating back to jfk will attend her funeral today. first lady michelle obama will be there, as well, along with hillary clinton and george w. bush and laura bush. abc news will have live coverage of the funeral starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. ten states in the south are under flood watches and warnings as almost two feet of rain has triggered historic flooding. at least four people have been killed by floodwaters stretching hundreds of miles over taking streets, highways and entire neighborhoods. more than 3,000 families in one city outside of shreveport alone are under a mandatory evacuation. >> be ready to evacuate at a moment's notice because when the water starts rising, things can get pretty terrible pretty quickly. >> and it's not over yet. louisiana, mississippi could see another 10 inches of rain through saturday. and an eig

ended in dramatic fashion. rafael mccloud was shot and killed in mississippi after he broke into a home and held a family hostage. abc's linsey davis reports on the terrifying hours inside of that home. >> reporter: relief in a mississippi community after police say this man, a fugitive, was killed during a terrifying home invasion. >> reporter: police say rafael mccloud who faced rape and murder charges, broke out of jail last week after holding an officer at knifepoint. >> we consider this man dangerous. he was armed with a homemade shank when he left the jail. >> reporter: his escape sparked an intense manhunt. less than a mile away from that jail, police say mccloud forced his way into a home, taking a man, his wife, and their 5-year-old child held hostage for hours. >> 30-year-old male stabbed in the back is in the bath tub. >> we believe there was a struggle ensued inside the home with the homeowner. >> reporter: that man was tied up, then stabbed in the shoulder. his wife able to grab the gun. once her husband could get free, he shot and killed m

mccloud was pronounced dead at the scene. while the husband was hospitalized, police say his injuries were not life-threatening and his wife and son were not harmed. linsey davis, abc news, new york. details have just been released about a unique drug bust at new york's jfk airport earlier this month. officers noticed inconsistencies when they x-rayed seed cakes being carried by a man from mexico. those inconsistencies turned out to be packages of cocaine. oh, so that's seed cakes? i was wondering what that was. two pounds of it in total. the street value of the coke was about $33,000. the man who was carrying them was arrested on the spot. i never had seed cakes before. >> i wouldn't want those, that type of seed cake. >> another target for drug smugglers, this is surprising. students on spring break unknowingly being turned into blind mules. smugglers target americans who are visiting mexico who they know either work or live relatively close to the border.

they attach their drugs under the victims' cars with strong magnets along with a gps tracking device and trucks with rear mounted tires are targeted, as well. >> they can just come up, slit the tire open. throw the drugs in there. put the cover back on. and just let you go on your way. >> the scariest part about all this is the gps that sends smugglers to your home or business to retrieve the package. officials say if you're going to mexico, don't tell people where you're from. and thoroughly check your car before getting to the checkpoint. oh, boy, this is incredible for a lot of people who hated this. an effort under way in san san francisco to punish guys who engage in one of the most despised practices on mass transit. we're talking about manspreading. >> i didn't know what manspreading was. >> this is what it is. >> man spreading is when some dude takes up the space of more than one seat for whatever reason. there's a lot of those shots. now a proposal in the bay area calls for hefty fines for offenders. >> here's the deal.

you $100, the second time 200 bucks. and repeat offenders after that would get $500. what are they going to do, send people out to patrol the man spreading? >> to measure stance, how wide it is. >> do they take a picture of you? like a speeding ticket with cameras? >> yes. you took up too many inches. sorry. >> all right. >> weird. >> it's a troubling situation if you take the subway in new york city. and you don't as a woman want to go up to the guy, excuse me, close your legs. it's an inappropriate conversation for people to have. >> i didn't know this was a thing. coming up in "the skinny," we're going to investigate the new york subway system. hollywood comes to the white house. superstars at last night's state dinner. the real story, who was not there. >> seven brave people who are not criminals who agreed to be locked up in a notorious jail. what they discovered undercover. >> after today's forecast map, a "pineapple express" hits the west coast today and in honor of trudeau, it is going to be 44

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violent convicts who escaped from a prison transport van. both men were shackled and wearing white jumpsuits when they got away and both are heavily tattooed. police say they were spotted in albuquerque yesterday in a vehicle with a woman, then ran off into a neighborhood in the northwest part of the city. a new a&e documentary offers a look at what really happens inside one of the country's most troubled jails. >> it's called "60 days in." re's abc's juju chang. ion.ars >> reporter: one county jail. >> i never even had handcuffs on me. >> reporter: seven innocent civilians. >> did i do the right thing here? >> reporter: 60 days. in a&e's new docu-series "60 days in," seven brave souls agree to be locked up undercover with neither the guards or prisoners knowing they haven't been convicted of a crime.

>> when you met the recruits, you thought, oh, my gosh, they're not going to all make it. >> as it plays out, it's like this person has no clue. >> reporter: this stomach-churning social experiment all taking place in clark county jail, in jeffersonville, indiana, a facility with a history of corruption, drugs, and violence. >> when i took over as sheriff, the inmate behavior was horrible. >> reporter: did you worry you're putting your career on the line by putting innocent lives at risk. >> yeah, i did. there was a lot of sleepless nights. >> reporter: with hundreds of cameras planned throughout the jail capturing their journey, the seven average civilians ranging from a social worker to a marine, a teacher, and a military stay at home mother of two. >> were you scared out of your witts? >> i was absolutely petrified. >> reporter: the civilians faced gut wrenching and volatile realities. >> they're already suspicious of me. >> reporter: without protection or barely a safety net. all to shed light on crime and corruption that usually takes place deep in the shadows. >> reporter: did you fire any corrections officers after this? >> we did, we made some arrests. we had several that will actually quit. >> reporter: what are you hoping

that the tv viewer gets out of have watching this? >> this is not a place i want to be. >> reporter: juju chang, abc news, new york. >> we got that message loud and clear just from her piece. don't think i could do it. e. >> no interest even as knowing you can get out of it. >> no way. and 60 days, right? >> that's a pretty long time. >> would you do it? >> i think martha stewart spent less time in prison than that. no, it's all right. i'll pass on that. coming up, the stars come out at the white house state dinner plus, the "star wars" celebrity refusing to let online haters pull her to the darkside. "the skinny" up next. up next.

♪ skinny, so skinny okay. so we don't normally cover the white house in "the skinny," but at last night's state dinner the stars were out. >> yeah, they were. the occasion, of course, the visit of the canadian prime minister mr. justin trudeau and his wife sophie. he was looking great. but apparently stealing the spotlight according to brian it was first lady michelle obama who looks amazing in a custom jason wu gown. >> can't go wrong with jason wu. the midnight blue floral design getting high p

among the attendees who raised a glass to the north american alliance, you recognize them. >> that would be ryan reynolds. >> best known canadians with his american wife blake lively, the power couple looking stunning as always and then of course, mike myers there with the platinum hair along with "saturday night live" producer loren michaels. >> after dinner, sara bareilles performed her hit song "brave" accompanied by the washington performing arts children of the gospel choir. bareilles is american, not canadian. maybe avril lavigne was busy. canada's biggest entertainers were apparently unavailable. drake who you see there, he's canadian, couldn't make it. >> and, of course, this guy, uh-huh, justin. he and his jumpsuit even though we know he loves his northern homeland, there with stephen harper. he was not in attendance. >> maybe he didn't want to wear a tux. it was a black tie affair. >> wayne gretzky. . >> wayne gretzky wasn't there. mario lemieux. >> sidney crosby not there. alanis morissette was not there. >> getty lee from rush was not

i get it. we're going to call the state department, give them a new list from "world news now." >> ryan gosling, also canadian. >> ryan adams, still in the summer of '69. he wasn't there. >> thank you guys. draft up that letter. we'll send it to the white house and the state department. >> shania twain, celine dion. >> next to daisy ridley. we all know daisy ridley. >> daisy ridley is known, thank you. we're going to cut your mikes off. you went the ted cruz route? >> the train has left the building. >> daisy ridley known to billions as rey from the new "star wars" films is fighting against the dark side of the internet. >> the 23-year-old actress responded to a body shaming meme making an the rounds online, the image depicting her and referencing her slim figure as setting unrealistic expectations for girls. >> ridley boldly

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not just to president reagan but to the country as a whole. >> do you swear that you're going to vote for donald trump tomorrow? raise that hand. i love you! i love you! >> this notion of demanding people stand and raise their hands pledging allegiance, we're familiar with that. in monarchies, the kings and queens demand that of their subjects. >> we are if elected president going to invest a lot of money into mental health and when you watch these republican debates, you know why! >> i'm proud of the campaign that senator sanders and i are running. >> the bernie sanders campaign, the political revolution that we are talking about is strong in every part of the country. >> i won one of the contests and lost another close one. >> madame secretary, i will match my record against yours any day of the week. >> the train flipped. we started seeing water coming into the bottom of the train and it was rising fast. >> it's scary.

you know? somebody was watching over us tonight. everybody got out and everybody's going to hopefully be okay. >> i was pretty rocked. i felt numb. i still was holding out hope that bubba did not do this to me. >> i know that with this, i face consequences. and i've -- i don't want to end my career this way. >> i've finished my football race, and after 18 years, it's time. >> who's going to replace him? >> that's a big question in denver right now because the guy they had in mind is signing on with the texans. in the meantime, big week ahead. a lot of elections on tuesday. and, of course, in honor, toronto fashion week begins on march 14th. >> you love your fashion. >> no, i don't.

making news in america this morning, a different tone from the republican candidates. fewer fireworks and more policy at last night's debate, but it wasn't all civil. plus, donald trump talking about the recent violence at his rally. historic flooding. entire neighborhoods surrounded by water. the national guard rescuing people from their homes. feet of rain across three states. when it's all moving out. final farewell, a ceremony today for nancy reagan, vips and celebrities on the guest list. we're live with the details. the big bash at the white house, a parade of famous faces, the first lady wowing once again and the emotional moment during the president's toast.