Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We start with late word from nashville where a jury has awarded sportscaster and network tv star erin andrews 55 million in her lawsuit against the stalker who secretly recorded her in her hotel room and the companies that own the hotel. After several days of testimony, which included andrews herself and her convicted talker, the jury took only a matter of hours before finding in andrews favor, and as there was throughout the trial there was high emotion in the courtroom as the verdict was read. Nbcs Morgan Radford has late details. It was a tense day in court for erin andrews, but it only took seven hours for this. Was the defendant Michael David barrett at fault, yes. Was the defendant Windsor Capital at fault, yes . The jury awarded andrews 55 million. Michael barrett is responsible for 51 of that amount and the management and Hotel Company 49 . The decision was unanimous. The judge then order the the courtroom camera turned off so that andrews could speak to the jury. Andrews sued for 75 million for Emotional Distress after a video taken of her undressing in her Nashville Hotel room eight years ago went viral. I think what really hit home for me and hurts me the worst is when girls, high school, college, they tweet me and they say i want to be erin andrews except for the marriott stalker thing, and i cant control that. Reporter she claimed the hotel granted stalker michael barretts request to room next to her. The hotels lawyer says barrett is a criminal who manipulated their reservation system. Banks created bank robbers. Are banks responsible for bank robbers . Reporter barrett testified by video after serving 20 minutes in prison. He admitted he was wrong. I felt bad for her. I felt bad for everybody. I know the Ripple Effect will affect a lot of people. Reporter now after several days of emotional testimony finally a decision. She can point to some distress that shes going to have the rest of her life, but she cant put a monetary figure on it, so thats why the jury came back with a lesser figure. Reporter the defense said they were surprised by the outcome and erin andrews left the court in tears, this time tears of joy saying on twitter she was overwhelmed by all the support. Morgan radford, thank you. Theres developing political news also. Late word that former new york mayor Michael Bloomberg has decided against mounting an independent bid for president. The man he was hoping to derail donald trump is looking at a little less certain path to the nomination tonight. Crunching the numbers after a series of contests over the weekend revealed trump is leading ted cruz tonight by fewer than 90 delegates while for democrats a critical vote is just hours away in michigan, and it could have the biggest impact on Bernie Sanders. We have it all covered, starting with nbcs katy tur. Reporter in the editorial announcing he wouldnt run, Michael Bloomberg wrote that he was worried a vote for him would ultimately be a vote for donald trump Whose Campaign he called divisive and demogogic. Four states vote tomorrow, including mississippi, where were at right now and where donald trump is expected to take the stage momentarily and he needs every vote he can get to avoid a contested convention. Thank you so much, everybody. Reporter donald trump on the offensive. This guy is such a scoundrel. Reporter as the race for the nomination gets fierce. Today its starting to look more like a twoman battle after he and ted cruz split wins over the weekend. I would love to take on ted oneonone. That would be so much fun because ted cant win new york. He cant win new jersey. Reporter to earn sure that faceoff, trump is out with his first tv attack ad aimed to take out marco rubio. All talk, no action. A vote for john kasich or a vote for ted cruz in florida is a vote for donald trump. Reporter rubio and john kasich suddenly within striking distance in their home states. Right now trump is up only 87 delegates to cruz, 536 are at stake in the coming week, but trumps path forward is hinging on next tuesday, and the winner take all states of florida and ohio. If he banks both, he gets the space he needs to break away, but if he loses to marco rubio in florida and john kasich in ohio, locking down the nomination gets tough, and trump will need to win nearly 70 of the remaining delegates to stave off a Convention Floor fight. If we win florida, its over. If we win florida and ohio, its really over, okay . Reporter today in concord, North Carolina should we do the pledge . Reporter trump again calling on his supporters to raise their right hand. I swear im going to vote for donald trump next week. Reporter a request he first made in orlando on saturday, images of which went viral. Up tomorrow michigan, mississippi, idaho and hawaii, and there 150 delegates. Katy tur, nbc news, madison, mississippi. Reporter im kasie hunt in michigan where tuesdays primary might be Bernie Sanders last chance to prove he can overtake hillary clinton. She has supported virtually every one of these disastrous trade agreements. Reporter he was on offense on trade policy, but in a fiery debate sunday night she turned the tables. Ill tell you Something Else that senator sanders was against. He was against the auto bailout. I voted to save the Auto Industry. He voted against the money that ended up saving the Auto Industry reporter sanders accusing clinton of mischaracterizing his record. The money that supported thousands of michigan jobs was part of a 2009 bill that also helped bail out big banks. I voted for the auto bailout. What i did not vote for and make no apologies is the bailout of the crooks on wall street. Vote for the one candidate who stood up for the Auto Industry. Reporter clinton is already up with a new radio ad, and the issue topped local stories in michigan where voters who are skeptical of wall street dont see big Car Companies as part of the problem. Theres no trickery or anything with them. Its its an industry that gives people jobs. Reporter a new nbc news marist poll shows clinton ahead by 17 points but both sides privately believe it will be much closer. Its essential because he needs to change the narrative fast. Hes running out of time. Reporter a key challenge for sanders, winning over my minority voters. When youre white you dont know what its like to be living in a ghetto. You dont know what its like to be poor. Reporter an answer raising more questions about whether he can broaden his appeal. Sanders is rallying students here at the university of michigan later tonight hoping they will show up tomorrow. If he does well and pulls it out, it could give him some hope for those march 15th states in the midwest like ohio and illinois and if he cant it will be that much more evidence that clintons delegate lead is all but insurmountable. Kasie, thank you. Funeral arrangements were announced today for former first Lady Nancy Reagan who died yesterday in california at the age of 94. Tonight the tributes continue to pour in as people remember her and the love story that led her from hollywood to the white house. Nbcs Andrea Mitchell has more. Reporter tonight the flag over the white house lowered to half staff and other signs of respect for an historic first lady. I know how much she meant, not just to president reagan, but to the country as a whole. Reporter her burial next to her husband friday. At the Reagan Library in california, reuniting a remarkable political couple. I dont think that they ever spent a day apart where they didnt call, speak on the phone. Reporter married in 1952, they appeared together in hellcats of the navy. Request. You knew better. How could i know . Reporter knowing most hole wood marriages did not end happily she left acting to make him her lifes work, playing more than a supporting role on their climb to the white house, converting bad press over designer gowns during a recession into good press for her antidrug campaign. If someone offers you drugs, what will you do . Just say no reporter her special touch on everything, from a breakthrough summit with the evil empire, an historic meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev and van cliburn playing a tribute at a russian state dinner. She said the climate was right for them to do business with gorbachev and she did. Reporter saying her husband was always open to compromise. She would be talking about compromise. He always said i would rather get 80 of what i want rather than going over the cliff flying. Reporter even to the assassination attempt. Every time he went out to stop to thousand of people my heart stopped. Reporter and their enduring love affair. I cant imagine life without her. Reporter after he wrote about his alzheimers diagnosis she defied a new republican president , speaking out for stem cell research. Its not taking a life, its trying to save countless lives. Reporter remaining his care giver during the long goodbye, and throughout it all she was his protector. Sensing political pitfalls before he ever saw them, helping him become the president he never would have been without her at his side. Lester . Andrea mitchell tonight, thanks. Tom brokaw started covering the reagans back in Ronald Reagans days campaigning for governor of california. He knew nancy reagan for almost half a saleofthecentury. Tom, thanks for being here. Tell me the difference between the public nancy reagan and the private one that you knew. Well, in public she was always deferential to her husband, obviously. She was the first lady, but she didnt expression her political opinions actively. She stood there and was adoring of him wherever she happened to be. Behind the scenes she was highly regarded as a political strategist, as someone who would bring no disloyalty to her husband in whatever fashion. A lot of people had their jobs taken away from him because nancy felt that they werent serving him well or that they had crossed her at some point. She was a very, very good political adviser for him. How clean was the break from hollywood . You were there during this transition into politics. You know, what he even said, i dont know how you can be president of the United States without having had some training as an actor. They never completely rejected the idea that they came from hollywood. They came from the upper echelons of hollywood, kind of Elegant Society that existed out there, Jimmy Stewart and his rife gloria and Roslyn Russell and those people who came from old hollywood, always felt connected to it. When they went back to california, those were their friends, and it was an important part of their life and they never denied that. Tom, thanks very much. Okay. They need rain in california, but parts of the state have been getting so much of it in recent days it may be doing more harm than good, at least immediately. The storms have been deadly and destructive causing flash flood, evacuations and rescues and theres much more Severe Weather to come this week. National correspondent Miguel Almaguer has our report. Reporter today in Southern California the deluge, flash flooding and hammering hail. The knockout punch came early, even palm trees catching fire from lightning strikes. We heard like a big thing, like a bomb. Sounded kind of like a bomb. Reporter in Northern California relentless rain pounded weak hillsides, a cliffhanger for an apartment complex already on the edge in pacifica. Its set to be demolished if mother nation doesnt topple it into the ocean first. This is just hammering the coastline. Losing the apartments up north of here. Reporter the west coast battered for three days by a storm fueled in part by el nino, an Atmospheric River bringing more than 9 inches of steady rain to some regions. Wind speeds hit 88 miles per hour. Thousands losing power. Trees toppling into homes. Freeways were shut down during rush hour. Near sacramento a woman killed in her car when a road turned into a river. Water was six, eight feet by the time we were able to get into the vehicle. Reporter rescue teams were busy overnight bringing the trap to safety. Now theres even more rain and snow in the forecast. Good news for the drought. In the mountains a below average snow pack is getting up to four feet of fresh powder, but in many parts of california its too much too soon, a short window to dry out before much of the state gets hammered again. Tonight in communities like this one though, the rain has temporarily stopped. The threat of mud lids is far from over. These hills are waterlogged and the Communities Just below them are watching them closely hoping that the hills dont shift or slide over the next 24 to 48 hours. Lester . Miguel, thank you. Still ahead tonight, the new frontier in fertility. A Ground Breaking transplant and the first of its kind in the u. S. That could change everything for women who have been told they will never become mothers. Also, a surprising admission today from one of the biggest woman its been a journey to get where i am. And i didnt get here alone. There were people who listened along the way. People who gave me options. Kept me on track. 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