pp. a rare civil meeting among gop candidates in miami last night. this o focussed more on policy than name caing. the suvilt ofcivility 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 civilil 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. >> these things are changeing all the time and i'm going to be fortunate enough to win ohio.

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 avery wonderful thing. >> meanwhile, a vicious punch thrown at a protester at a trufrm trufrmtrump rally has led to charges. and a reporter claim she was physically man handled. the trump campaign strongly denies it. >> reporter: stunning new video capturing a trump supporter sucker punching jones in the face, after they were escorting jones.

he was blindsided. >> g g out of here. go home to mom. ;> reporter: sheriff's deputies walking by the attacker a 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 big mouth. the next time we see him, we ght have to kill him. >> reporter: he was arrested and charged with assault. the trump campaign says the incident w 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 etoutout of here. you know what they used to do to guys like that, they'd be carried out in a stretcr, folks. >> i promise you i will pay for

>> reporter: new a aegations that hit even closer to home for the campaign, the campaign manager aaccused of roughing up a reporter. michelle fields for um ss tweeted this photo of bruises after she says she was pulled down by the arm following the trump news conference. trump campaign says it's false. and questioning whether fields' accusation is part of a larger pattern of her exaggerating incidents. >> and a washington post reporter says he witnesses the incident and supports fields' story. d trump stood by the campaign manager. >> i don't know anything about it.

while o 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 and i guess he didn't like what he was seeing but we don't condone it. > meanwhile, hillary clinton says the cumotion has not been lost onn leaders. >> i've been calling calls from aot of the leaders i know around the world and their basqc message is what is happening? >> and last night, influential democratic senator, elizabeth warren echoed those sentiments. >> what's the problem with the two guys they have at the top?

basically deny the legitimacy of their opponents, they go on the attack, the demean millions of americans and that's what identifies them as extremists and why republicans -- man, republicans in the senate are breaking apart over this. now to the raging floods in the south. the death toll raises to five. thounds of families have been evacuated as relentless rain has overwhelmed cities and towns. over 20 inches in some areas. and in monroe, louisiana, fish were seen swimmingg along sidewalks. and the flood gates opened in louisiana. the president and first lady hosted canadian prime minister and his wife at the white house last night for a state dinner. and dressed to the nines, they

their the north before dining with 200 other guests including michael j. fox, and ryan reynolds and actor, mike meyers and snl creator, lauren michaels p . prime minister says we're more than friends. >> we're more like siblings, really. we've shared parentage, though we took dififrent 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 firet a construction site, first responders were in the area at the time of the explosion and no ono was hurt. some restaurants and businesses

so far the cause of the fire is not known,t's under investigation. turning overseas now, where they appeared to have revealed identities of thousands of isis fighters. this comes from forms similar to 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 sign isisi is starting to lose control. the german federal police has already said that the documents appear genuineut it's an enormous and unprecedented trove of information, which experts are still sifting through. >> i think they probably are authentic, these documents, because they contain a great deal of i iormation that can be verified.. >> reporter: there are thousands of these forms that list

recruits which date back to 2013 and 2014, we identified six that name americans, 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 ououof syria. i got it in my baby's diaper, he said because i knew they wouldn't seah there. he joined isis early on and was a trusted member but grew

"i saw them rape, i saw them butcher children in front of their mothers." he said. two s@curity experts say they appear genuine. former first lady, nancy regan, will be laid to rest at the regan presidential library. thousands more paid their respect on the second day of public mourning 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 children and baker and tom bro kawhi brokaw. you with watch live coverage on nbc. and let's talk with bill karins.

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 and it's just pumping upll the moisture out of the goffulf. and that's going to continue throughout the day today. we've been in flood emergency to almost 36 to 48 hours. and 14 million people are in these watches, 1.8 million are in the warnings. an additional to two to four inch. southern mississippi to mobile area. and whehe all the rivers are at record stages in northern l.a. l louisiana, we're only expecting another inch or two. but there's already been 16 inches in some places. showers the midaddtlantic and northeast.

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 zonee on sunday. now a closer look at your day ahead. 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) about 50 percent of people die (dog whimpering) within 5 5ears of getting diagnosed.

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better weekend. showdown in the sunshine state. this time things seem much more civil. meantime democratic contenders hillary clint and bernie sanders crisscrossing the state looking for your vote. good morning. i'm eric harryman. >> i'm sheli muniz. thanks for joining us this friday morning. we have made it everyone. it is friiy. just let us extend an honest congratulations just to making

ryan is off. meteorologist erika delgado with your forecast. >> it's dark and early, temperatures on the mild side. 75 in miami and ft. lauderdale. 71 down into kendall and 72 down into the homestead area. i want too take a look at our first alert cam. not much to see, waking up with just a few clouds. a nice start to the day. it is rain-free. as far as cloud cover is concerned, other than a few passing clouds coming in along the east-southeast wind, things are relatively quiet on this friday morning. for your first alert forecast, temperatures in the 70s. we'll already see 80s come noontime. let's take a look at those friday roads. here is your first alert traffic report with kelly blanco. >> good morning, south florida.