Peanut allergies. What doctors say you could be doing now that might prevent a lifetime of potentially deadly complications for your child. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Republicans voting in four primary and caucus states tomorrow may still be trying to process the takeaway from last nights debate in detroit. Besides the schoolyard bickering and taunts that weve now come to expect, the debate did resurface some inconsistent positions on key issues by frontrunner donald trump, and he followed that up today with another surprising aboutface. While Trumps Campaign has proven impervious to missteps, its yet another reminder of how his candidacy continues to confound his critics and befuddle his opponents. Nbcs katy tur starts trump in michigan today. Im going to be so president ial. Ill be so president ial that you people will be screaming loosen up reporter but who is the real donald trump . A true conservative or a chameleon . Ive never seen a successful person who wasnt flexible. You have to be flexible because you learn. Reporter the frontrunner still throwing jabs at his opponent. You defrauded the people of florida, little marco. Breathe, breathe, breathe. Lying ted. Reporter and still hard to pin down. So how is any of this telling it like it is . Well, in afghanistan i did mean iraq. I think you have to stay in afghanistan for a while. Reporter trumps flip flops, headspinning, for giving seer ran refugees asylum and then against it and for taxing companies who move jobs overseas. What are we not going to eat anymore, oreos reporter but against criticism that his own line of ties and shirts are made abroad. They devalue their currencies, and they make it impossible for reporter last night defending targeting the families of terrorists and waterboarding saying the military will follow his orders. They wont refuse. They are not going to refuse me, believe me. Reporter but against it today, telling the wall street journal, quote, i will not order a military officer to disobey the law. To a great extent a lot of people are voting for him without knowing what he might do as president but basically saying this is someone i like. Reporter today mitt romney saying he couldnt hold back his disdain. But the time came when Donald Trumps outrage had reached such a level that i simply had to speak out. Reporter and although his opponents claim trump has insults instead of policy, will lose to Hillary Clinton, destroy the party and perhaps the country this is a time for seriousness on these issues. You have yet to answer a single serious question about any of this. Reporter none of them refused their eventual support. Ill support the republican nominee. Yes, because i gave my word that i would. I will support whoever is the republican nominee for president. Speak at cpac tomorrow, the conservative gathering instead abruptly cancelling it today for a rally in kansas tomorrow. So far this Campaign Season hes only received mixed receptions at similar gatherings. Lester. Katy, thank you, and all this nastiness could make it awkward for trumps remaining rivals to support him if hes the nominee as you heard them promise. They all, of course, hope it doesnt come to that, but they may have less than two weeks to stop his momentum. Nbcs Hallie Jackson cpac with more. Is at cpac with more. Hallie . Reporter good evening, lester. Theres a lot of talk about that never trump movement, but a better name for it for some may be never until november as all the antitrump candidates pledged their loyalty to donald trump if he is the nominee. Still, all three will fight ferociously over the next 11 days to try and prevent that from happening. Short term ted cruz is looking at louisiana, libertarianleaning maine and is hoping for a strong showing in kansas, too, but so three stops in that state today alone. Both of them, plus john kasich, hopes michigan could be a state where they can try and topple trump, but the more important date, thats march 15th, the home state showdown. Rubio has to win florida, kasich has to win ohio. If they do and pick up valuable delegates, then everybody stays in the race since all three see narrow although unlikely paths to victory between now and the summer, thats why you shouldnt expect to see them team up to try and take down trump tactically. But if trump wins both florida and ohio, it looks like just a matter of time before he hits that magic number he needs, 1,237 delegates, so march 15th, either trump is the presumptive nominee or we look headed to a contested convention in cleveland. For people who cover politics its catnip, but for the gop it could be a watershed moment that reshapes the future of the party, lester, and one other note for you. Late tonight here at Cpac Ben Carson formally suspending his campaign, officially making it a Hallie Jackson tonight, thank you. The latest jobs report is out and last month exceeded expectations, the u. S. Added 242,000 new jobs in february, beating economist estimates by about 50,000. The Unemployment Rate remained steady at 4. 9 . Much of those new jobs were added in health care, retail and bars and restaurants. Jobs are exactly what Hillary Clinton focused on today in michigan, but once again it was her private email server that her critics seized upon. Clinton is eager to move forward beyond the controversy, and she hopes that records from a former aide granted immunity will help her do it. Nbcs Kristen Welker explains. Reporter with the michigan primary on tuesday, Hillary Clinton is in detroit today calling for sharp cuts in tax breaks for companies outsourcing jobs overseas. So michigan proves every day that American Workers are the best in the world. Fair chance. Reporter but her private emails continue to loom large. Nbc news has confirmed former clinton staffer Bryan Pagliano who help set up her private account was granted immunity to talk to the fbi selling while there may have been routine phishing attempts there is none indication that the emails were ever hacked telling cnbcs john harwood. Im happy now that everybody has been cooperating and giving information. Reporter would you concede that you and the people who worked for you at state department were sloppy in the way you handled top secret information . No, no. Reporter today donald trump saying the emails are Bernie Sanders only hope. The only thing that can save him if is something happens to hillary with regard to the emails. Reporter meanwhile, sanders kept the focus on their trade differences. Hillary clinton was on the other side of many of these trade agreements supporting nafta. Criticism and saved her sharpest attacks for last nights gop debate. The economy which should be at the top of any list that anybody running for president has was basically an afterthought. Reporter clinton and sanders will face off at a debate in flint, michigan on sunday. Expect sanders to again be in attack mode, but secretary clinton has to be careful not to hit back too hard to alienate his supporters, the very voters she will need if she does make it to the general election. Lester . Kristen, thanks. After nearly 22 years, the o. J. Simpson case is back in the headlines with a surprise revelation that a knife was found years ago on simpsons former estate. This potential evidence was kept out of investigators hands until about a month ago. Tonight the knife is being examined by police, but sources are already casting doubt about whether it could actually be the murder weapon used in the double murder. Nbc dateline correspondent josh the new twist in this still open case. Reporter today the lapd confirmed that one of their officers had this knife in his possession for some investigators were only able to take possession of it this past january. Its been submitted to our lab. They are going to study it and examine it for all forensics, including serology and dna and hair samples, and that is ongoing as we speak. Reporter the story police are being told involves construction workers finding the small folding knife while they were doing work on o. J. Simpsons former property in l. A. After it was sold to a new buyer. They gave it to a now retired Police Officer working off duty at a movie shoot across the street. He claims he was told the case was closed and so he hung on to the knife for a number of years. It was brought to our attention that had an identity tem that was believed to or that was possibly taken from or recovered from the Rockingham Estate back in the 90s. Once we learned about that, we followed up and recovered that from him. Would you please stand and face the jury. Reporter o. J. Simpson was tried for the 1994 knife murders of his exwife nicole and her friend ron goldman in a case that seemed to be on every tv set in america. In an interview airing this sunday, former prosecutor marcia clark speaks to dateline. Right off the bat there was a sense of loyalty of investment in protecting an africanamerican icon who had made it. He was successful. He had made it. They did not want to see him taken down. Not guilty. Reporter the defendant was acquitted despite significant evidence against him, but no murder weapon was ever found and now the fx series the people versus o. J. Simpson has surprised in the ratings as many people seem to want one more dose of a story that wont go away. This is not the first time a knife has made other knives have been submitted over the years, but this is the first one said to come from the simpson property. The ninemonth criminal trial is over, he was acquitted. The civil trial is over, and he was found responsible. I dont see anyone prosecuting o. J. Simpson for anything related to this case again. Snoop tonight. Reporter tonight multiple sources are expressing skepticism about the knife and about its possible value in the case in part because it may physically be too small to have left wounds on the victims and in part because its so tantalizing, because it surfaced at precisely the time that this case is once again on everyones lips. Lester . Josh mankiewicz tonight, thank you. And a programming reminder, dateline will air the people versus o. J. Simpson, what the jury never heard this sunday at 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Closing arguments wrapped up late today in the erin andrews civil trial. The Sports Reporter is demanding 75 million filmed in a hotel by a man later convicted of stalking her. And beginning monday the case will be in the hands of the jury. We get more from nbcs morgan radford. Erin andrews is a victim. Reporter erin andrews legal team making its last attempt to convince a jury that shes still emotionally damaged from the stalker video that was secretly recorded eight years ago at the nashville vanderbilt marriott. The trauma happens day after day, and its never going to stop. Reporter her lawyers arguing that the former owner and management company, along with convicted stalker michael barrett, should pay andrews 75 million for Emotional Distress and loss of privacy. Earlier this week andrews says shes still haunted by it daily. Its going to be on the internet until i die. Reporter but the hotel says it did not give barrett her room number and was manipulated in giving him the room next to andrews. It also argued that andrews career has not suffered. Ch. Criminal, theres no question about that. Counsel is trying to tie my clients to the criminal, but they had nothing to do with that guy. Reporter seven days of testimony from 22 witnesses and 49 pieces of evidence all leading up to this. Now its all left up to the jury, seven women and five men. They are given guidance on how to assess damage but no fixed formula on how much to award, especially when it comes to emotional injuries. Tennessee lawyer jim todd says even if a jury does side with andrews, they might not agree with the 75 million shes asking for. I work for a moving company. I make 50 grand a year. Thats a lot of money. Ill give her 50 grand, you see what im saying . The jury is going to put their perspective of what money is on this case. Reporter the jury has chosen to deliberate on monday and court will resume at 9 00 a. M. Now, if they do choose in favor of erin andrews, that means they will have to specify the amount of damages. Lester . Morgan radford in nashville, thank you. Autopsy report shows Bobbi Kristina brown had several drugs in her system when she was found face down in a bathtub, but it does not make clear if her dead was a suicide, accident or homicide. Morphine, cocaine, marijuana, alcohol were all found, according to the report. The daughter of the and bobby brown was in a coma for nearly six months. She died last july and would have turned 23 today. The city of flint, michigan has finally put into action a plan to replace all of its lead pipes. The work began on the first of many homes to replace lead Service Lines with new copper lines. The mayor says the 55 million project could beingor be completed within a year. A costcutting measure back in april 2014 led to flints water being tainted with lead. Still ahead tonight, peanut allergies and the new and unconventional approach that might help kids fight them off for good. Folks out there whose diabetic nerve pain. Shoots and burns i hear you. To everyone with this pain that makes ordinary tasks extraordinarily painful, i hear you. Make sure your doctor hears you too i hear you because i was there when my dad suffered with diabetic nerve pain. If you have diabetes and burning, shooting pain in your feet or hands, dont suffer in silence step on up and ask your doctor about diabetic nerve pain. I think we shouldve taken a left at the river. Tarzan know where tarzan go tarzan does not know where tarzan go. Hey, excuse me, do you know where the waterfall is . Waterfall . No, me tarzan, king of jungle. Why dont you want to just ask somebody . If youre a couple, you fight over directions. Its what you do. 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Reporter schorer was born with a high risk for a peanut allergy, but instead of keeping peanuts out of his diet. You like those things . Reporter coles father, an allergist, introduced them when he was just 6 months old. There was no Scientific Evidence one way or the other about how to introduce peanuts to him so i just decided may as well just give it to him. Reporter its the same approach they took with older son calvin now 6. For years the conventional wisdom was that highrisk children should avoid peanuts, the most prevalent Food Allergen before the age of 2. How about one more . Reporter now research is showing what the schroer family learned early on. Theres an 80 reduction in peanut allergies in individual infants and babies that were exposed to peanuts early on in life, so thats very revolutionary. Reporter two new studies published in the new england journal of medicine further support the thinking. The first found most highrisk children who regularly consumed peanuts from the age of 4 months until age 5 remained allergyfree, even after avoiding peanuts in a second study, researchers found exposure to other foods at a young age, including eggs, yogurt, sesame and white fish could also protect against allergies. Very exciting to think that we can have an approach on preventing allergies, particularly food allergies. Were not there yet. Reporter experts recommend consulting with your physician before introducing potential allergens at home. I got green. Reporter the schroer family is confident. Early exposure worked for their boys. Neither has developed a peanut allergy. As a father really made me better that i ended up probably doing the right thing in terms of giving cole and calvin peanuts early. Reporter peace of mind for parents and child. Erica hill, nbc news, new york. Up next here tonight, what it takes to get a little snow at one of the worlds most famous winter events. 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Scott kelly set an american record with his 340day mission to the International Space station, but today as tom costello reports kelly admitted his reentry to planet earth has been a little more difficult than he expected. Coming off the plane. Reporter back on the ground for less than 48 hours, scott kelly says hes still adjusting to life in one g. Coming back to gravity is harder than leaving gravity. Reporter after a nearly a year in space hes far more fatigued, he says, his muscles much more sore than he was after an earlier fivemonth issue. I also have an issue, you know, my skin because it hadnt touched anything for so long, like any significant contact, sensitive to almost like a burning feeling wherever i like sit or lie or walk. Reporter doctors say he may also have trouble sleeping at first as he readjusts to a normal daynight cycle. His muscles may have weakened in space and bones often become more brittle, and he says he actually grew one and a half inches in space because the spinal column wasnt compressed by gravity, but hes already shrunk back to his normal size. Gravity pushes you being back down to size. Reporter a big part of this mission, studying the Health Effects of Long Duration space flight for a future mars mission, comparing scott with his twin brother, former astronaut mark kelly back on earth, both men undergoing exhaustive medical exams both in space and on the ground. Mark kelly today. They have already taken 30 samples of blood. Today. Reporter just today . 30 tubes. Reporter along his 144million mile journey his tweets with stunning photography quickly went viral. Back on earth his first meal was a banana, and after a year without a shower he dreamed of jumping houston. Meanwhile, that whole gravity thing is taking some time. I tried to shoot some basketballs yesterday, and i didnt get any of them in the in the net. Reporter settling back in after a year up there. Tom costello, nbc news, houston. That will do it for us on a friday night. Im lester holt. For all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching. Good night and have a good weekend. Ou for watching. Good night and have a something about this one. It hit home for seth romero with the denver animals shelter. This is petunia. Someone dropped her off in the middle of the night period she. She was even thinner than she was now. That means she suffered for a long time. This did not happen overnight. She seemed relieved and happy to be out of the situation she was in b efore. And there is still a lot animal control does not know. They are shifting their focus to the couple who dropped her off and hope they may have answers. We are hoping to find the owners as soon as possible. You never know if they have