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 t
The jabs wer few and far between. Donald trump even calling it pleasant. Pleasant. As they toned down their attacks. They were able to focus on things people wanted to hear about. Like policy. Kenneth moton has more on the change in tactics. nats up republican frontrunner donald trump took the stage with a doubledigit lead in florida, and trump was asked to explain his wednesday statement, quote i think islam hates us. Q did you mean all 1. 6 billion muslims . Trump i mean a lot of them. I mean a lot of them. there is tremendous hate. Where large portions of a group of people, islam, large portions want to use very, very harsh means. Let me go a step further. Women are treated horribly. Trump was on the spot after breitbart reporter Michelle Fields accused his Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski of roughing her up fields spoke with abc newssotMichelle Fields reporter, Breitbart News network obviously, no one violated like that. The physical incidents. A concern at trump events. Suppo rt