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. 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

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 the 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. the republican presidential 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

behavior, even donald trump. >> so far i cannot believe how civil it's been up here. >> reporter: trump was asked about his recent statements 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. >> reporter: police say the man 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 beautiful in many respects but don't condone that at all. >> reporter: cruz eager to take

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 now 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. good morning, rick. >> 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

playing in their own zone, playing in their own lanes but after some of the most raucous and wild debates we'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' hit tv shows, kerry washington, 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

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 stretching hundreds of miles. it is marching eastward. a live report from the region on "good morning america." 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

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 well, reena and kendis. >> lest we forget. who will be doing readings and who will eulogize mrs. 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, opera singer but the

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 to cover it with a large tent because, unfortunately, there is going to be a lot of rain this afternoon but they prepared for everything here. >> all right, brandi 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 of mailing a letter going down for the first time in a century. finally found, two teenagers missing for nearly a year alive and well. a person now under arrest. glitz and glamour at the white house. a state dinner for the canadian president. the moment that got president obama emotional. coughing...sniffling...

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those flames you see there lighting up the night sky in east los angeles, an industrial building was completely destroyed in the blaze. it took more than 100 firefighters hours to put the fire under control. luckily no one was inside. arson investigators were called to the scene. president obama says he will nominate a supreme court justice for the vacancy created by the death of antonin scalia despite republican objections. there's word the president is interviewing at least five potential nominees and could be close to an announcement. but senate republicans insist that anyone nominated will not get a hearing for a vote. >> there hasn't been a vacancy created in a presidential election year filled in 80 years. this vacancy will not be filled this year. we will look forward to the american people deciding who

appointment through their own votes. >> well, that said, a new abc news/"washington post" poll shows 63% of americans think the senate should hold hearings. president obama expects the senate to do it job as outlined in the constitution, he says. federal prosecutors are reportedly set to formally charge iran for that cyberattack three years ago on a dam outside new york city. the hackers never fully managed to infiltrate the system fully and investigators say they never posed any danger. the feds hope the indictment will act as a deterrent against state-sponsored cyberattack. the price of stamps is expected to go down next month for the first time in nearly a century. it could happen on april 10th but not if the postal service gets its way. here's why, a recent temporary postal increase was supposed to be reversed when they collected $4.5 billion in revenue. that should happen next month

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by more than 1500% after nardizzi took over, $250,000 spent on snacks and sodas. most charities spend about 90%. a dangerous murder sususct on the run for more than a week shot and killed in mississippi. rafael mccloud broke out of jail last week threatening a guard with a homemade knife and stealing his clothes. been a fugitive until yesterday when he forced his way inside a home holding a man, his wife and 5-year-old son in the bathroom. the woman broke free and grabbed a gun and gave it to her husband who shot and killed mccloud. two sisters have been found nearly a year after they vanished. ky-lea and shaeleen fitch-fortner had not been seen since last april when they were waiting for a school bus. they were living with a foster family at the time of their

the woman charged with abducting them is said to be an acquaintance. this week we dial the clocks ahead for daylight saving time. but with this year comes a reminder, health warning, in fact, researchers say there's mounting evidence that the stress and disturbance of the internal body clock by springing forward could raise your risk of a heart attack by up to 24%. it's recommended that everyone try to go to sleep earlier saturday night to make up for that lost hour. very good advice. i could see how that could happen. >> one more thing that will have hearts racing, the conference tournament titles and automatic bids to claim this weekend in college basketball, of course, on sunday we'll know all the details about march madness. >> get your bracks in. last night's hoop highlights from our well-dressed friends at espn. >> i'll button my coat because i'm taking this segment seriously. stan, i'm neil. >> sure sign, the buttoned

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that he was asked to speak at malia's high school graduation and didn't because he was so emotional. >> exactly. he said he wouldn't be able to make it through. the president thanked trudeau for not building a wall along the canadian border with us, an obvious jab at the donald. stealing the spotlight was first lady michelle obama. look at her. amazing in a custom gown by a canadian, jason wu. >> nice tribute to the canadians there. among the attendees some of hollywood's best known, canadian ryan reynolds with his wife blake lively and mike myers "saturday night live" producer lorne michaels. >> everyone looked pretty dazzling. >> justin bieber not in attendance. >> you were disappointed by that. >> send a letter to the white house. >> yes, start a petition. next up an effort to deal with what you're seeing there in the wall, that's a depiction of what's known as man spreading. >> my eyes up here, ladies. of course, man spreading is when some guy takes up more than one

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checking our top stories, the most civil republican debate yet, the candidates abandoned nasty insults and brutal attacks leaving more time to lay out differences on immigration, trade and foreign policy. fresh off the state dinner today, president obama becomes the first president to speak at the south by southwest festival in austin expected to discuss cybersecurity. ten southern states under flood watches and warnings as almost two feet of rain has triggered deadly flooding across hundreds of miles. louisiana and mississippi can see another ten inches of rain through tomorrow. today's weather, nearly a quarter of the nation is in the storm zone with a mix of rain and snow. stretching up and down the west coast with warm weather in florida. well, this week's big win by bernie sanders in michigan has given his campaign a boost and,

night comics plenty of new punch lines. >> here now your friday funnies. >> at this point bernie and hillary really just seem like another 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 michigan. >> polls showed her leading sanders by 20 points in michigan and lost. >> the polls didn't account 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 retire and watch the results out. he had to come back out. >> i can imagine bernie's people waking him up to tell him like he won. senator sanders, wall street, wall street, wall street, billionaires.

in case you haven't noticed. >> that's right. hillary is not a natural politician. unlike her opponent, that smooth operator slick bernie sando. >> the children in flint, michigan, in the united states of america in the year 2016 are being poisoned. >> although the year isn't really the important part of what that is. no, no, i mean 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. >> the audience liked it. >> you can never go wrong, immigration and donald trump.

well,s that that's what's making news in america. >> stay with us f we are in the breaking news center this morning. police are searching for the person who shot a man was i twice and stole his car just 90 minutes ago. the questions we are asking police right now. two congressional districts turned upside down and could face even more changes. what it could mean for voters. and thousands of concerned parents answered a survey. we break down those result results. the three most important issues when it comes to choosing a