The president s toast. Well, good friday morning. We begin with the gop candidates putting their most president ial 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. Its your voice, your vote and get the highlights from abcs 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. Dont worry about it, little marco. Reporter no name calling at the most civil gop debate. Please do not talk over one another. Candidates in miami on the cusp of crucial primaries in florida and ohio focusing more on policy i will do everything within my power not to touch social is. Reporter to entitlement reform and immigration. Our borders. We cant have people walking in. The middle east. We have to do whatever is isis. Reporter all of the candidates appearing to be on their best president ial behavior, even donald trump. So far i cannot believe how civil its been up here. Reporter trump was asked about his recent statements saying islam hates us. Muslims . I mean a lot of them. I mean a lot of them. The problems president s cant 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 78yearold john mcgraw. Hes 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. Its beautiful in many respects but dont 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 now on what appeared to be a concerted effort by gop candidates to abandon the school yard antics for their calmest facetoface discussion yet. A different tone and rick klein gives us his analysis in miami. Good morning, rick. 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. Frontrunner. 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 weve 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 mornings 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. Good morning america. 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 president ial library. Reporter abcs 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 ladys just say no antidrug campaign. He will make an appearance, as lest we forget. Who will be doing readings and who will eulogize mrs. Reagan . Reporter Nancy Reagans children will be reading two reflections and so will tom brokaw, he will deliver one and abcs own diane sawyer is going to be here and shes going to deliver a gospel reading. Weve been told there will be a choir, opera 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. Were 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 Reagans funeral starting at 2 00 eastern time on air and online. Well, still ahead, the cost for the first time in a century. Finally found, two teenagers and well. A person now under arrest. Glitz and glamour at the white house. President. The moment that got president 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 republican objections. Theres 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 hasnt been a vacancy created in a president ial Election Year filled in 80 years. This vacancy will not be filled this year. We will look forward to the American People deciding who they want to make this 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 new york city. The hackers never fully managed to infiltrate the system fully and investigators say they never will act as a deterrent against statesponsored 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. Heres why, a recent temporary postal increase was supposed to be reversed when they collected 4. 5 billion in revenue. That should happen next month but reducing prices shouldnt happen because of the agencys poor financial condition. A major frozen food under way. Nestle is pulling nearly 3 million boxes of digiorno pizza and lean cuisine meals after customers reported finding glass in their food. The company says the glass may have come from the spinach packaging used in those meals. We posted more info on our website, atmfans. Com. When we come back, a health alert. A 10 higher chance of you having a heart attack. 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Flooding across nearly all of texas and much of the south up to the midwest and roads will be wet up and down the west coast into nevada and idaho along with mountain snow. Delays are possible in dallas, houston, memphis, new orleans, San Francisco and los angeles. Well, two top executives at the Wounded Warrior project have been fired. Accused of squandering millions of dollars in donations on travel and lavish staff retreats. Steven fardizzi and al giordano, spending on conferences and Team Building meetings, skyrocketed by more than 1500 after nardizzi took over, 250,000 spent on snacks and sodas. Most charities spend about 90 . A dangerous murder suspect 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 home holding a man, his wife and 5yearold 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. Kylea and shaeleen fitchfortner 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 disappearance. 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 theres 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 . Its 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 tournament titles and automatic bids to claim this weekend in college basketball, of course, on sunday well know all the details about march madness. Get your bracks in. Last nights hoop highlights from our welldressed friends at espn. Ill button my coat because im taking this segment seriously. Stan, im neil. Sure sign, the buttoned jacket. Kobe bryant and lebron james staples center, last goround for these two headtohead because bryants final year in the nba and vintage kobe bryant during the game, he had 26 points. What if he changes his mind. James, 24. What, and comes back . Yeah. Then he plays another year. I dont think that will happen. I dont either. I think hes one of those guys when he says hes done, hes done. Lakers won two in a row coming into this game. There you go. Look at that. Man, he had some moments in this game. But, james and his team had more cavaliers win, it 120108. Nothing but respect there. 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