oh this is nightline tonight. >> deadly hurricane beryl slams into texas with howling winds and torrential flooding. >> shelter in place. we're in an emergency. parts of the state drenched with nine inches of

rain in just hours, killing at least six people. >> first responders scrambling now on the move as a tropical storm. winds and rain ahead for millions of americans. where will beryl head next? plus, pressure on the president. >> some democrats urging biden to step out of the race. >> we can do better with a different candidate. >> but the president, defiant and doubling down on the message he sent loud and clear in his abc interview last week. >> i don't think anybody is more qualified to be president or to win this race than me. >> many lawmakers still backing him. >> he's said very clearly what he wants to do and what he will do, what voters are telling us and making bachelorette history. >> jen tran, the first asian american bachelorette. >> this is every girl's dream to have all these guys trying to get time with me, hoping to be the voice for change. >> after the show's controversial history. >> there needs to be more change, you know, we're not doing enough and we need to keep doing more. and the surprise, she says, is coming for viewers, you've described a season full

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>> thanks for joining us tonigh. texas is reeling from the stunning and deadly effects of hurricane beryl, where at least six have lost their lives and its devastating impacts are far from over. here's abc's victor oquendo in the path of the storm tonight. >> millions of families and businesses are without power. as south texas takes a direct and deadly hit from hurricane barrel barrel fueled by the abnormally warm waters of the gulf of mexico slamming ashore around 4 a.m. southwest of houston as a category one hurricane with sustained winds over 80 miles an hour and feet of storm surge. oh, wow. accuweather's aaron jack, right there as barrel came ashore just north of the coast. >> power has been knocked out here in sergeant texas. absolutely strongest winds yet right now. >> transformers exploding like fireworks in jamaica beach as barrel barreled inland toward galveston. hurricane beryl made landfall two hours ago in

matagorda, texas. that's south of where we are in galveston now, in the dirty side of the storm. that is the most dangerous part. the rain has been relentless for hours, and these winds are only getting stronger. drone video revealing the devastation boats campers, roofs peeled from homes barrel still a formidable cat one hurricane as the eyewall approached houston, dumping nearly nine inches of rain in spots. >> shelter in place. we're in an emergency. we're in a rescue mode. life safety. >> this traffic camera shaking in the wind as firefighters use a ladder truck to rescue a man from the roof of his car. >> he's got the life jacket on and they are lifting him out of the water. look at that. >> our station ktrk right there as they hoist him out of the fast moving water and onto dry land. beryl, the first hurricane to make landfall in texas in three years after tearing a week long path of destruction through the caribbean, killing at least 11 people. >> our thanks to victor beryl is now a tropical depression and

spanning arkansas tonight, posing a flash flood and tornado threat. it's expected to hit chicago and detroit by wednesday morning before moving north into canada. of course, we'll continue to cover beryl's path on abc news.com and on gma. we turn now to the chaos in the nation's capital, the white house, today, fielding a barrage of heated questions about president joe biden's fitness for office as some democratic lawmakers withdraw their support for his campaign, while still others dig in next to him. here's abc's senior congressional correspondent rachel scott. >> washington in crisis control mode, we're talking about the president, the united states. guys, i'm trying to answer the questions. president biden is working to assure the country and members of his own party that he is the best bet for november. >> i've talked to people across ohio. they have legitimate questions about whether the president should continue his campaign. do you think he should step aside? >> if i don't go inside, i have people waiting for me and i'm in

trouble. >> a simple yes or no, sir. thank you. the president appears to be pulling out all the stops to counter impressions that his debate performance was a sign that he's not fit for reelection. >> was this a bad episode where the sign of a more serious condition. >> it was a bad episode or no indication of any serious condition? i was exhausted, i didn't listen to my instincts in terms of preparing and i had a bad night. >> today. he held a call with key donors, sent a letter to capitol hill saying he won't step down, and calling for party unity and called in to msnbc's morning joe. >> the bottom line here is that we're not going anywhere. >> i am not going anywhere. i wouldn't be running if i didn't absolutely believe that i am the best candidate to beat donald trump in 2024, but the question just won't go away. >> do enough people have faith in biden to keep him on the ticket? or is the pressure from some party insiders growing too loud? >> joe has made it clear that

he's all in. >> this week is crucial. the president is meeting with nato on thursday, when he will also hold his first solo news conference since november. today, he met with the congressional black caucus to shore up support. tomorrow, democrats in the senate and house will meet behind closed doors. no cell phones allowed to talk about a path for the party going forward. >> the bottom line is just wait till this week. give it another week. it's only been a week. what, three days? 3 or 4 days? >> you said give it another week. so are you keeping an open mind on whether you want to see the president step aside in this race? >> my thing is to find out what direction that the president is going to go. he's said very clearly what he wants to do and what he will do. >> but the clock is ticking. there are just 42 days before the democratic national convention. so far, at least six democrats have come out publicly calling for biden to step down. >> i wish he would make the right decision, but since he hasn't and because of my bedrock

belief that we can do better with a different candidate, not just a little better, a lot better, i got to speak up and just make the plea. >> there's plenty of time to have a conversation about what the alternative would mean, and i think at the end of the day, regardless of what people are saying today, if joe biden stays in this race, we will have a unified democratic party. in no small measure, thanks to the opposition being donald trump. >> polling shows very little movement in the president's support. a new york times poll found 91% of democrats supported biden before the debate, 90% after. before the debate, 45% of democrats wish they had a different nominee, that number at 47. after the debate. >> i have my usual go to people who are not political. they would be what you would call your typical swing voters. they don't like either of these candidates. i think in some ways, again, this is beltway, swirling and stirring the pot. i think that the lack of

enthusiasm for either of these candidates has created a an apathy within the american public at a time when we cannot afford that apathy, we need our citizens engaged in making decisions with their government. it's good to be home. >> those numbers are playing out on the campaign trail. as we talk to biden supporters. i'm definitely sticking by him. >> i said. i don't care if they push him in a wheelchair. i'm going to vote for him. >> biden barnstorming the battleground state of pennsylvania this weekend. >> thank you, mr. president, joined by the state senator, john fetterman. >> i'm about to point to the only person that's ever kicked trump's in an election right now >> but even within this crowd of supporters, some are worried. >> i'm well, i'm concerned, you know, as we all are, that he might not be up to it.

>> and it's so vital that we win. >> well, i still plan to vote for president biden. he still has my vote. >> michigan voter hurley coleman is the chief executive officer of saginaw county community action committee. >> how you doing? >> we first spoke to coleman earlier this year. his support for biden, unwavering men and now president biden has done his job despite his age. >> and he's he's going out and said, hey, we know, i'm not as fast. i'm not as as agile as i was before, but i still have the competency to do the job. >> fellow michigan voter and small business owner eric davis says it's too late to make a change. >> i think that the only way that the democratic party does win this race is if they do rally around and genuinely support a biden second term, we first spoke with davis during the state's primary in february, where he backed biden with some hesitation. >> but now he's worried democrats are hurting themselves. >> i think that the downside

about criticizing biden in public is that if we want to see a democratic nominee elected, i don't know that other democrats in the party, you know, going on media and talking negatively about him or his performance is actually increasing the chances of winning. certainly, republicans are eager to have this fight among democrats continue to play out. >> they see it as a win win moments that reinforce the president's age or acuity issues are going to become the focus between now and november, and there's not much joe biden can do about that at the white house today. >> questions after visitor logs show a neurologist a parkinson's expert visited the white house eight times within an eight month span, including meeting once with the president's doctor. >> so to give you some answers here, has the president been treated for parkinson's? no. is he being treated for parkinson's? no, he's not. is he taking medication for parkinson's? no. >> the same neurologist also appeared on the visitor logs during the obama years. more than two dozen times. late tonight, the president's

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gotten the final rose on the last season of the bachelor, but she definitely stole the hearts of bachelor nation. so now jen tran is on her own journey for love and making franchise history as the first asian american bachelorette. gentlemen thank you for accepting this rose from nightline. >> thank you so much for having me. >> honestly means a lot. >> i suspect that the jen i see today is different than the jen who started out on this journey. >> so incredibly different. i'm much more willing to cry on camera and no. but in general, i'm a very different person now than when i started filming in terms of emotional vulnerability. and honestly, i know myself so much more now, so i'm so grateful. >> but also overcoming the imposter syndrome a bit. you talked about growing up the children of immigrants. we know what that's like and also feeling a little other and feeling like not being the one who's the first choice. all the time. why was that important for you to share that part of your story? >> absolutely. because it's been a huge part of the way i felt growing up. you know, and oftentimes i didn't feel like i

belonged. i never really saw myself in the media. i grew up in a very white suburban town, and i grew up watching shows where there were white leads. and so that was hard for me to kind of resonate with. and i really struggled with that. and then in school, too, it was like none of the kids looked like me. and growing up, you just want to look like everyone. you want to be like everybody and so i tried to hide this vietnamese part of myself because i just wanted to fit in. i spent some time kind of trying to figure out who am i and thank god, like in college, i kind of came to terms with that and finally was able to embrace my culture, embrace who i am otherwise i live my whole life hiding who i really was. >> we've now been on both sides of the limo door, trying to make that first impression, and then you're the one who everyone's trying to impress. >> it's definitely tough. all the men were so sweet and so thoughtful and genuinely were just there for me and made me feel so lucky. there was a little bit of elbow jabbing on that first night. >> let's take a look at a clip. yeah >> no, no, no, this is my kid

right now i appreciate you. >> he wants to take my car for a drive. >> yeah. oh brian, you got my keys to my car. >> he's acting foolish. it's like a little kid. >> what was that first night like for you? oh, my goodness. >> overwhelming. definitely, but all the men were so thoughtful. and so i felt so lucky to just be there and have all these creative entrances thought out for me. >> you also caught my attention when you talked about your disappointment, if that's the right word. at the lack of asian men, you know, on the show and the franchise the past for a lack of diversity, do you see your season as a step in the right direction? >> i do, yes, i was disappointed that there was a lack of asian men on my season, however, i still think we're going in the right direction being that i am the lead of the season, you know, and it's a huge step. and yes, there needs to be more change. you know, we're not doing enough. and we need to keep doing more. and that's why i feel grateful to be in this position is because we're taking the right steps.

>> we reached out to bachelor franchise and they didn't provide a comment about all of this. and yet you've also talked about how it's up to asian men to step forward and be the one in the spotlight. is that part of it, do you think? >> yeah. i mean, i wouldn't say that's the whole story. i don't think it's all on asian men for not being represented on the show. i would say that, you know, i can't speak for the casting decisions, but all i'm hoping is that me being this lead today is going to be able to encourage other asian men to also be able to see themselves in this light, too, if they want to be in this light. >> but you've also talked about how it's not easy to be in the spotlight, right? i mean, you've talked about having to put your phone down to walk away from the social media and that you actually reached out to michelle young, who was another bachelorette of color. yeah. what kind of advice did you get? >> well, i really wanted to ask her if she thought it was all worth it. if she really did see change. and at the end of the day she said, yes, hold your head high and ignore the haters.

and to just keep going and you are going to get hit with a lot of racism and a lot of people who don't understand you and aren't willing to. but at the end of the day, to be in this position as a person of color, does make big differences. >> you've described a season full of twists and turns and even a finale that you described as jaw dropping. is there anything you want to give your family a heads up about right now? >> oh boy, no, i don't think it'll be a bad surprise. i think it's going to be a really good surprise, and my family is going to be shocked and they'll be happy. >> well, it's a big season ahead. thank you so much jen tran for joining us. >> appreciate it. >> thank you so much for having me. i appreciate it. >> excellent. and so you can catch her of course on the latest season of the bachelorette mondays at 8:00 eastern on abc. and when we come back, notre dame brought back to its historic beauty as its restoration nears completion. we're inside the breathtaking cathedral. >> i told myself i was okay with

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and finally tonight. >> the soaring roof, the gleaming new stonework and the towering spire of notre dame, now nearly completely restored after the devastating fire of

2019. abc invited back to france's most historic cathedral. here's abc's james longman. >> with the summer games just 18 days away, the millions expected to visit paris will see notre dame at last starting to emerge from five painstaking years of restoration. >> the refurbishment of this 800 year old symbol of french history and culture is now nearly 90% complete. showing off gleaming new stone, freshly laid tiles and revamped paintwork, and the roof and spire, which millions around the world watched crash to the ground in the 2019 fire. now almost finished, i stood on the roof in 2021 and saw up close the gaping hole still open to the elements. when i went back this past december, the pieces were coming together, but this morning the scaffolding from the spire is nearly gone and tiles now cover the timber, a sign of hope and progress. can you give us an idea of how much this has cost so far? >> we have a costed ■k7700

million. >> philippe jost, head of restoration, inviting abc news back to notre dame. it's a colossal project, a massive undertaking. 2000 workers from carpenters and stonemasons to artists and metal workers making these changes to meet the december deadline. it's no easy feat. the team is in the final stretch. notre dame will only be a spectator to the opening ceremony of the summer games, which will run just outside along the river seine, but its own unveiling in december may be an even bigger spectacle. >> people will come for european games, they will see the spire and they will see the roofs very symbolic of the reopening of the cathedral. >> our thanks to james. and that's nightline. you can watch all of our full episodes on hulu. we'll see you right back here. same time tomorrow. thanks for staying up with us. good night. america >> nightline. the stories that shape your world, that shape your life. dramatic