the president's toast. well, good friday morning. we begin with the gop candidates putting their most presidential face forward. >> it was the 12th debate. it was in miami, and it was marked by a dramatic shift in tone. all four men sticking to the issues and refraining from personal insults. donald trump was also uncharacteristically low key even as he faced questions about violence at his rallies like this attack you see here on a protester. it's "your voice, your vote" and get the highlights from abc's stephanie ramos. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and reena. no playground insults this time around. the republican candidates showed up to talk about t(e issues. no swipes at small hands or orange tans. >> don't worry about it, little marco. >> reporter: no name calling at the most civil gop debate. >> please do not talk over one another. >> reporter: they didn't.

candidates in miami on the cusp of crucial primaries in florida and ohio focusing more on policy issues like social security. >> i will do everything within my power not to touch social security, to leave it the way it is. >> reporter: to entitlement reform and immigration. >> we clearly have to control our borders. we can't have people walking in. >> reporter: and the violence in the middle east. >> we have to do whatever is necessary to utterly defeat isis. >> reporter: all of the candidates appearing to be on their best presidential behavior, even donald trump. >> so far i cannot believe how civil it's been up here. >> reporter: trump was asked about his recent s4atements saying islam hates us. >> did you mean all 1.6 billion muslims? >> i mean a lot of them. i mean a lot of them. >> the problems presidents can't say anything they want. it has consequences here and around the world. >> reporter: trurp put on the spot asked about the recent violence at his campaign resents, the question is he encouraging this type of violence? >> i hope not.

who threw the elbow at a north carolina rally is 78-year-old john mcgraw. he's now charged with assault and battery. mcgraw later boasting to "inside edition" about his encounter with a protester. >> the next time we see him we might have to kill him. >> reporter: trump blaming that on his supporters' love of country. >> it's butiful in many respects but don't condone that at all. >> reporter: cruz eager to take on trump and trump bracing for a contested contested convention. >> i think whoever gets the most delegates should win. >> reporter: trump is banking on a win with ben carson by his side. trump is expected to officially announce an endorsement from ben carson today. back to you. >> stephanie ramos, thanks so much. well, more no on what appeared to be a concerted effort by gop candidates to abandon the school yard antics for their calmest face-to-face discussion yet. >> a different tone and rick klein gives us his analysis in miami.

>> reporter: reena and kendis, donald trump tamed himself. his ultimate enemy finally he showed control. dominated the stage because no one was attacking him. by far the tamest republican debate to date. republicans saving their tamest for the last and the other candidates seemingly not wanting to hit donald trump, they tried so many strategies, they have failed in the past this time around they decided to hold their fire and donald trump was left soaring, standing at the end. he is the overwhelming front-runner. the other candidates playing their own games. playing in their own zone, playing in their own lanes but after some of the most raucous and wild debates w%'ve had republicans are ending with an essential whimper and growing acceptance that donald trump likely to be the nominee. the next contest, of course, critical. reena and kendis. >> the focus to the democrats and a boost of star power for hillary clinton. >> the clinton campaign rolled out a new ad featuring the leading women of shonda rhimes'

ellen pompeii and rhimes himself and tony goldwin who plays president on "scandal." bernie sanders holding rallies in three states hoping for more surprise victories in those key primaries next week. yesterday it was on delegate rich florida attracting 20,000 people in all. sanders promised expanding social security and told supporters he could win florida if there is a large voter turnout. now to the this morning's other big story, ten southern states under flood watches and warnings as almost two feet of rain has triggered historic and deadly flooding. at least four people have been killed by floodwaterers stretching hundreds of miles inundating hundreds of miles. louisiana and mississippi could see another 10 inches of rain through saturday. take a look now at the latest radar which shows the most powerful part of that storm system stretchingundreds of miles. it is marching eastward.

well, security will be extremely tight today for the funeral of former first lady nancy reagan. >> she passed away last sunday at the age of 94 and today reagan will be laid to rest beside her husband at his presidential library. >> reporter: abc's brandi hitt is there and who are we expecting? >> reporter: more than a thousand are expected later on today. first lady michelle obama. hillary clinton, also george w. and laura bush. governor jerry brown will be here. even former governor arnold schwarzenegger will be attendance and also a lot of hollywood celebrities attending this funeral, a long list, wayne newton, tom selleck, anjelica houston, john stamos and mr. t. played an integral role in the first lady's "just say no" anti-drug campaign. he will make an appearance, as

>> lest we forget. who will be doing readings and who will eulogize m@s. reagan? >> reporter: nancy reagan's children will be reading two reflections and so will tom brokaw, he will deliver one and abc's own diane sawyer is going to be here and she's going to deliver a gospel reading. we've been told there will be a choir, ora singer but the library spokespeople said when they went over each detail with nancy reagan because she helped plan her own funeral she wavenltsed a service, short sweet and very memorable. we're all going to see how it plays out later today. the good news they have been able t t cover it with a large tent because, unfortunately, there is going to be a lot of rain this aftereron but they prepared for everything here. >> all right, brai hitt joining us live from simi valley, california. thank you, brandi. abc news will have live coverage of nancy reagan's funeral starting at 2:00 eastern time on air and online. well, still ahead, the cost

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well, this week's big win by bernie sanders in michigan has given his campaign boost and, of course, he's given the late night comics plenty of new punch lines. >> here now your friday funnies. >> at thissoint bernie and hillary really just seem like anototr old couple traveling the country arguing about money. excuse me, excuse me, i'm talking. excuse me. why is the car making that noise? i told you should have bailed out the auto industry. >> bernie sanders with a big upset victory over hillary clinton in chigan. >> polls showed her leading sanders by 20 points in michigan and lost. >> the polls didn't accou for young voters turning out or was it because of the independent voters or was it because of that snapchat face swap that confused people. >> bernie sanders wasn't expecting to win in michigan. he was in miami, gave a speech early and went to his hotel room and retirend watch the results out. he had to come back out. >> i can imagine bernie's people

he won. senator sanders, wall street, wall street, wall street, billionaires. >> i am not a natural politician in case you haven't noticed. >> that's right. hillary is not a natural politician. unlike her opponent, that s!ooth operator slick bernie sando. >> the children in flint, michigan, in the united states ofofmerica in the year 2016 are being poisoned. >> although the year isn't really the important part of what that is. no, no, i mea like no one is like, when were those kids poisoned? 1996. well, never mind then. >> what got most people's attention weirdly was this, it was the color of bernie sanders' suit. now, online people said it looked brown. some people said it looked blue. a few lunatics said eggplant colored. clearly the suit is brown. i mean, that suit is so brown donald trump wants to have it deported.

>> you can never go ong, immigration and donald trump. they sure do that one well. well,s that that's what's making news in america. right now local 1 1 news, a fight for floridaontinuing as the g.o.p. candidates battle in miami and a formal rival former rival expected to endorse trump. and a developing story this morning, protecting his place, the deadly confrontation between a teen and a homeowner. good friday morning, south florida. i'm eric yutzy. >> i like the sound of that. hi, guys. rolls off the tongue every single week. >> sure does. i'm jacey birch. welcome to the end of

>> it's not nearly as breezy out there this morning. we are expecting that transition when the winds do continue to subside. this morning we have temperature in the low to mid 70s again. above average for this year. 72 as the kids head to the bus stop. 74 at 8:00. it will be warm. it will be dry. a breeze off the east southeast. warm and partly sunny throughout the afternoon. highs will be reaching the mid 80s. another warm day and then the humidity rising to make it feel like 84 degrees by the later half of the afternoon. currently 73 across the board. east southeast wind anywhere between 10 and 15 miles perer hour. no gusts reported this morning. we're wakin up to mostly clear skies and dry conditions. changes coming up this weekend. i've got them coming up after the break. the final g.o.p. debate before the florida primary.