beloved husband former president ronald reagan facing the pacific ocean. [music] >> reporter: mrs. reagan's presidential library in simi valley, california. among the thousand invited guests, former first ladies and the current first lady along with former president george w. bush. former canadian prime minister brian mulroney read a alert president reagan wrote to nancy on their first christmas in the white house. >> i love the whole gang of you, mummy, first lady, sentimental you, the fun you and the pee wee power house you. merry christmas with all my love, lucky me. >> at her final request, she was laid to rest just inches apart from her husband. mrs. reagan planned every detail of her own funeral. >>> still to come on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 on this friday night, a star of random gun violence. tonight, his sorrow-filled mom talking to us about her son as police search for a killer. >>> the search for a quarterback for the jets. could the answer be a former heisman trophy winner? rob powers is coming up in sports. >> yes, a cooldown but march is still going missing. we are s

campaign? >> i don't have a response to mr. trump, george. but the president gave very powerful remarks up in the house at the speaker's lunch for the st. patrick's day reception with the prime minister of ireland. sides to get back to the kind of very peaceful, kind of robust debate that has marked this country and has made this country the envy of the world. that's what we should be doing. i'm not seeing a lot of that from the other side at the moment. >> thank you for joining us. >> thanks, george. >> let's bring in the republican leader of the senate, mitch mcconnell. senator mcconnell, thank you for joining us this morning as well. >> morning. >> you just heard denis mcdonough quoting you. from your op ed after the president election. any chance of a vote on judge garland this year? >> the senate has been very much at work in the last 15 months. we've passed a lot of legislation that the president has signed. the president's chief of staff knows we're very much at work. the way supreme court justices have been handled in presidential election years is very clear. it's been

mrs. reagan to pull a plan for her death and her funeral together. >> among the 1,000 guests who will attend her private service friday, former president george w. bush and laura bush, hillary clinton, and first lady michelle obama. >> mrs. reagan was a woman of incredible strength and grace. she warmly and willingly offered advice and encouragement to me as i settled in to my role as first lady. as she lies in repose. and before the public can visit today, some vips including house speaker paul ryan, will get a few moments with mrs. reagan's casket to pay their respects. the library expects 10's of thousands of others to do the same so far the next few days. lauren lister, channel seven, eyewitness news. california. >> thank you. >>> stay eyewitness news for the passing of -- for the complete coverage of the passing of nancy reagan. you can see a chronicle of photos showing her amazing life. >> it made me think about us for some reason. let's look at a beautiful shot bill set-up for us. bill has been keeping track of the weather. we're talking about near record temperatures, right? >

, and george w. and laura bush, arnold schwarzenegger and maria shriver, and a long list of celebrity guests from wayne newton and tom selleck and even mr. t who became close with mrs. reagan during her just say no anti-drug campaign. media figures also here, including diane stir giving a reading. >> i will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where i am. >> reporter: after the funeral, mrs. reagan will be laid to rest next to her late husband in this hillside tune. reflecting on mrs. reagan's life, daughter patty and son reagan's chief of staff james baker. lauren lister, cbs news. >>> next, a warning from the woman slashed about i a stranger in the streets of brooklyn. what she was doing at the time that she wants others to stop doing. >> plus, an apology in a restaurant chain over a photo that used as decoration that outraged a lot of people. >> and a bone marrow drive for an 11-year-old and why it's been so difficult to find her a match. >> we didn't break a record today, but it was still beautiful. looks nice outside. sunshine and patchy clouds. we're at 61 d

candidates. we begin with senator ted cruz in missouri. >> thank you, george. good to be with you. >> we have seen these extraordinary scenes at the trump rallies. you have said they encourage the violence. so to be clear, you believe mr. trump is encouraging this violence? >> well, let's be clear. first of all, the protesters were in the wrong. you come up, use violence, engage in violence, when you threaten violence. you try to shut down and shout down speech, that's not what the first amendment allows. it gives us the right to speak, but not to disrupt others. but i think also in any campaign, the responsibility starts at the top. you have a candidate like donald trump, who is telling his protesters, punch that guy in the face. you know, i mean, i don't think you should be encouraging people to violence. and i think beyond that, you know, we need a -- a candidate who respects the people. who engages, even engages the protesters with civility and respect. not with hostility. i think, you know, what i would appeal to for every candidate is decency and civility. we can disagree and disag

from arnold schwarzenegger to a camouflaged mr. t. in that front row, the families white house residents. first lady michelle obama, she george w. bush and former first lady laura bush. hillary clinton and laura bush sharing a knowing look over anecdotes of nancy reagan's fierce defense of her ronnie. >> occasionally i've thought that even god might not have the guts to argue with nancy reagan. >> reporter: and our own diane sawyer remembered that after president reagan's death, she was sustained also by her curiosity. >> she was way too interested in people and who you really were and what you really knew, all of us woven together in this life, and all this week i've been thinking about watching her head down the hall, and right there i can't remember exactly what it was, was it a pillow or a framed needlepoint, but i know the words were clearly from president reagan, and it said something like this, "if you me with you?" >> reporter: after the ceremony, her casket was brought out in the rain to join her beloved, her ronnie. for "good morning america," matt gutman, abc news, s

her private service friday, former president george w. bush and laura bush, hillary clinton, and first lady michelle obama. >> mrs. reagan was a woman of incredible strength and grace. >> some vips including house speaker paul ryan are getting a few moments with mrs. reagan's caskets to pay their respects. the library expects tens of thousands of people to do the same at public viewings over the next few days. >>> coming up on eyewitness news, the anti-israel tweets from a new jersey student that ignited a national debate. his school now deciding if any policies were violated. >> donald trump getting a tax credit from new york city? now officials claim it was a mistake. plus this -- >> cardboard, bottles, cans, pretty much anything you see here on the street sonia gonzalez will collect. listen up new york. there's a new drug out there. and it's trying to destroy our generation. it's called synthetics. . . so, some guy thought it might be a good idea to spray poison on some herbs, and then sell it to you. no, it's not marijuana. it goes by names like k2, spice, rocks. causes hallucinati

. here. people possibly here. george. >> thanks. right to mr. donald trump. he joins us by phone and, poised for some big wins here on super tuesday. but that cnn interview continuing to make waves. you've seen that tweet from mitt romney. he called your response disqualifying and disgusting and says your coddling of repugnant bigotry is not in the character of america. your response. >> first of all, mitt romney is a failed candidate, should have won the race and he failed miserably. he was a terrible candidate for the republicans. secondly, david duke was disavowed. i disavowed him on friday. i disavowed right after that because i thought if there was any question and you take a look at twitter, almost immediately after on twitter and facebook, they were disavowed again. i disavowed him every time i speak to somebody virtually and they just keep it going. they keep it going and they said, oh, we never looked at your twitter account. we never looked at facebook. i said take a look at facebook. it was totally disavowed. >> are you prepared right now to make a clear and unequivocal st

. it is a point that mitt romney makes in his speech and, george, mitt romney also says donald trump will lead this country recession. george. >> okay, tom, thanks. let's hear what donald trump has to say about it right now. mr. trump, thank you for joining us again this morning. i want to put up that excerpt up on the screen right now. he says, here's what i know, donald trump is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. he's playing the american public for suckers. he gets a free ride to the white house, all we get is a lousy hat. your response? >> well, look, mitt romney was a failed candidate, should have beaten barack obama easily. i've brought millions and millions of people and you know this, george, because i saw your party over the last very short period of time. it's the biggest story in politic, how many people are party. they're leaving the democrats, they're leaving the independents, they're no longer independent. they're now going as republicans and they're with me 100%. i have rallies the other day in alabama, we had 35,000 peop

about john kasich, he's on the phone, as well. mr. kasich, thank you for joining us this morning. governor, you just heard donald trump right there. he beat you in michigan. says he'll beat you in ohio. >> well, he's not going to win in ohio, george, we're going to win in ohio and it's going to be a whole new ball game and we'll be moving all across the midwest, frankly, for the first time people are really starting to hear my message and this new shows that of all the contests yet to go it's basically a three-way dead heat. it's very interesting. >> yeah, but both polls, ohio polls out this morning show donald trump is ahead right now. there have been 24 contests so far. you're 0 for 24. so what's your path to victory? >> well, george, look, you know, again, we're campaigning the plan that we laid out, and, you know, we did very well in michigan. i went from single digit to -- >> you were third place. >> to basically -- basically tied -- well, look, george, it was very close. cruz and i split the number of delegates and you just read the poll that 43% of the late deciders decide

to show it off. and she's, oh, wow. mrs. higgins' leggings. wow. >> and then we've got a live shot of them now with the roses sharing love with the audience looking forward to talking to >> hmm. also this morning another superstar couple making headlines, george and amal clooney teaming up for a very important cause that they're both passionate about. we're going to hear from the power couple about their mission to help millions and you'll see it here only on "gma." >> looking forward to that. >>> now we'll get the morning rundown from amy. >> all right, good morning. we begin with today's presidential primaries in five crucial states, it is win or go home for marco rubio in florida and john kasich in ohio. if donald trump wins those states his road to the nomination could be all but certain. meanwhile, bernie sanders is hoping another upset over hillary clinton will keep his chances alive. abc's tom llamas has the latest headlines from the campaign trail. good morning to you, tom. >> reporter: amy, good morning. the voting is under way here in ohio and this is a make or break state f

minor delay lincoln is 30. holland. you can see the george washington bridge pretty slow coming inbound across the upper. street cleaning rules are suspended. rob, back to you. >>> now for a quick look at the mr. jeff smith. good morning, jeff. >>> good morning, rob. sunshine out there, but it's was yesterday. 45 right now as we look up the might ehudson ehudson. by 2:00, 54, with a mix of clouds and sun. north and east wind coming off the atlantic is causing it to be cooler. showers last night lasting through midday tomorrow, near 70 tomorrow afternoon. rob? >>> that is the news for now. >> it's "live with kelly & michael." today from the new film "miles ahead," don cheadle. and star of "pee wee's big holiday," paul reubens. plus check out the latest, hottest sports cars, as we continue our special new york auto show week. also, erin andrews returns for another day of co-hosting, all next on "live." [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television]

be laid to rest right next to her husband at his presidential library. their respects to mrs. reagan over the last two days. relatives of every president dating back to jfk will attend her funeral today. first lady michelle obama will be there, as well, along with hillary clinton and george w. bush and laura bush. abc news will have live coverage of the funeral starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> ten states in the south are under flood watches and warnings as almost two feet of rain has triggered historic flooding. at least four people have been killed by floodwaters stretching hundreds of miles over taking streets, highways and entire neighborhoods. more than 3,000 families in one city outside of shreveport alone are under a mandatory evacuation. >> be ready to evacuate at a moment's notice because when the water starts rising, things can get pretty terrible pretty quickly. >> and it's not over yet. louisiana, mississippi could see another 10 inches of rain through saturday. >>> and an eight-day manhunt for a dangerous murder suspect has ended in dramatic fashion. rafael mccloud

distract from why we're here. we're here to recover damages for what they did to mr. bollea. >> reporter: and a dramatic moment when an appeal court ordered the judge to unseal a host of documents connected to this case including possibly that fbi report. to begin today. george. >> okay, linzie, thanks. let's talk about it with dan abrams and nancy grace. nancy, what did you make of heather's testimony? pretty emotional but did seem to contradict hulk hogan in places. >> i can tell you this. i think she came across as sympathetic and kept going back to she was being embarrassed it was released and hurt by certain things that hulk hogan said in later interviews, even though she seems sympathetic and seemed genuine, it kind of defies logic that if she knew her husband was recording other sexual trysts with other men, what made hulk different? why didn't she know about that? that is a problem for me. >> pretty good point. >> yeah, except the key to me in her testimony is how does it relate to hulk hogan, right? because this is a case largely about damages. and she's saying, no, it's not tru