folk it's friday, march 11th. coming up on "eaony today," whiplash for the first time the re orpublicans squard s s squared off in what was a civil exchange of ideas and policies. what's happening at trump ral rallies rallies? >>co> we'll introduce you to an isis turn coat. and an incred ble scene in one ohio town.

and a night to remember that white house. "early today" starts right now. pp . a rare civil meeting among gop candidates in miayomi last night. this one focussed more on policymbthan name calling. the suvilt of civility 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 can't believe how civil it's 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.

all the timera and i'm going to be fortunate enough tothin 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. >> meanwhile, a vicious punch thrown at a protester at a trufrm trufrm trump rally has led to charges. and a reporter claim she w physically >>anuhandle the trump campaign strongly denies it. >> reporter: stunning new video capturing a trump supporter

face, after they were escorting jones. jones yelling that crowd before omhe was blinds ed. >> get out of here. go home to mom. >> reporter: sheriff's deputies walking by the attacke 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 bi >>g mouth. the next time we see him, we might have to kill him. >> reporter: he was arrested and charged with assault. 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 etout out of here. you know what they used to do to

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 umd s s tweeted this photo of bruises after she says she was pulled down by the arm conference. trump campaign says it s falser and questioning whether fields' accusation ms part of a larger pattern of her exaggerating incidents. >> and a washington post remporter says he witnesses the incident and supports fields'

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 nd i guess he didn't like what he was seeing but we don't condone it. lo > 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 ar tound the world and their basic message is what is happening? >> and last night, influential democr atic senator, elizabeth

>> what's the problem with the two guys they have at the top? these are both peo e who basically deny the legitimacy of their opponents, they go on he attack, they demean millions of americans and that's what identifies them as extremists and why republiyans -- man, republicans in the senate are breaking apart over this. now to the raging floods in the south. the death toll raises to five. thousands of families have been evacuated as relentless rain has ov whelmeltd cities and towns. over 20 inches in some areas. and in monroe, louisiana, fish were seen swimming along sik dewalks. and the flood gates opened in louisiana. the president and first lady hosted canadian prime minister

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 mi echael j. fox, and ryan reynolds and actor, mike meyers d snl creator, lau oren michaels p . prime minister says we're more than friend bas. >> we're more like siblings, really. we've shared parentage, though we took different paths in our 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

the time of the explosion and no one was hurt. some restaurants and b sinesses had to be shut down. so far the cause of the fire is not known, it's under inavvestigation. 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 generally executed. so, this parent leak may be a 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. authentic, these documents, n a great

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 ericans, 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. so, for me, that seems to be the 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 gt it ie my baby's diaper, he said because i knew they wouldn't search there.

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 reesspecthon the second day of public mou, ing thursday before today's private funeral, outside the regan library and her body will be buried next to her husband, ronald regan. and expected to speak, nancy's two ciildren and baker and tom bro kawhi brokaw.

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 aisnd it's just pumping u all the moisture out of the golf ulf. and that's going to continue th froughout the day today. we've been in flood emergency to almost 36 to 48 hours. and 4 million people are in these watches, 1.8 million are in the warnings. an additional to two to four inches. southern mississippi to mobile area. d where all the rivers are at record stages in northern l.a. l louisiana, we're only expecting another inch or two.

inches in some places. showers in the midadd antic and northeast. and heavy ains 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 sul ay. no--w a closer look at your day ah anead. so, one more day of very warm conditions up through the southeast and midatlantic. still 80s up to raleigh. and up into new england as we start to feel like march. so, yeah, thoughts are still with the people in the deep south. >> thank you very much. still to come a pennsylvania manhunt for two shooters heats up. > plus, legends meet for the last time you're watching "early today." danger is always on the rise. symptoms worsen because your heart isn't pumping well. (water filling room) abnuout 50 percent

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the crime happening hours after someone shot two teens in the same neighborhood. >> a suspect takes a police car on a joyride and leaves a huge mess behind. new jersey transit will belln preparing for a strike. the latest on the talks to prevent it. "tacoday in new york" starts now. good morning, everyone. friday morning. it's march 11th. i'm darlene rodriguez. >> i'm kerry barrett. >> temperatures are mild. not as mild as yesterday mo crning. through long islancnd, upper 50s. we've had a few rounds of showers go through. let's go to live storm tracker 4 radar.