how they're rehearsing in these times and deborah roberts takes us backstage. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday t.ghni on the controvro vaccines for children and boosters for adults. dr. fauci on the timeline. but first, the category 1 hurricane slamming into the u.s., now a slow-moving and dangerous tropical 75-mile-an-hour winds. a half million without power tonight. this evening, flash flood watches now across five states and this stretches some 500 miles. hurricane nicholas growing stronger, just as it approached the u.s. the 19th named storm now to hit the u.s. in a little more than a year. making landfall near sergeant beach, s, then movingxa inlan u inches of rain. the winds at this citgo station. this galveston neighborhood battered by the dangerous winds and the rain and then daylight revealing the damage to homes, power lines down. and of course, the real danger slows to a crawl.he storm now abc's victor oquendo in riicholn middle onef the night. rapidly intensifying into a category 1 hurricane just before landfall south of houston. the powe

abc's deborah roberts was backstage as the preps were under way. >> reporter: for the first time in anskopf theater open. and with the latest accessory, a mask, in line to see "the lion king" from abc's parent company, disney. backstage, an overwhelming feeling of excitement in the air. we're with two of the stars who play nala and simba. >> i am feeling so many emotions. i'm full of excitement, full of joy. >> this is my broadway debut. it just feels like such a surreal moment. >> reporter: one of brandon's preshow rituals, a quick facetime with his young daughters. >> i love you. daddy got to go be simba. >> simba? >> i'm simba, that's right. >> reporter: inside the theater, seats filling up. here in the wings -- >> i hear the audience, i see my castmates getting ready. all i can say is, it's here. >> i want to put the nerves away and just really try to enjoy it and soak it in. >> reporter: as the lights dim and the curtain rises, the moment everyone has been longing for. ♪ >> reporter: broadway is back. ♪ >> after 18 months, can you believe it? >> this is my first time on the stage

i'm deborah roberts. it's been nearly two decades since the tragic attacks on september 11th. you're going to hear from the women at the center of it all, from the heroic first responders to a miracle survivor. their stories featured in a new documentary, "women of 9/11" with abc's robin roberts. >> it was a beautiful day. it was warm. the sun was shining. >> reporter: judy castro was an nypd officer who worked the lower east side in manhattan. >> my partner and i, we responded to a call. routine. i was in the front seat. my partner was driving. officer castro. there was a plane going very low, all of a sudden it just hit the building. >> on tuesday i came in super early. >> reporter: nina pineda was a reporter for abc's local new york station. >> i was at my desk, and i waved to the news director. and a cummins later, he looked up at the fixed cameras and said, there's like a small fire at the top of the world trade center. and he goes, pineda, go down to twin towers, see what's going on. >> reporter: regina wilson was one of only a handful of women firefighters in new york c

i'm deborah roberts.zabeth holmes was once the youngest woman to become a self-made billionaire. her rise was extraordinary. but so was her fall. here's abc's chief >> elizabeth holmes, former billionaire and founder of theranos, is set to be in court today. >> her fall from grace as a rising star in the tech world under scrutiny. >> reporter: a crush of cameras r. lines of spectators. all eyes fixed on disgraced theranos founder elizabeth holmes. the long-anticipated criminal trial now under way in a california courthouse, where the former tech decades behind bars. she's pleaded not guilty in what could be a defining case for the future of silicon valley. >> if the government gets a win in this case, i think that ceos and coos will be a lot more careful in how they portray their companies to investors. >> reporter: black turtlenecks, blue eyes, smoky voice. >> we will change our lives and our world. >> here it is, here's the next steve jobs. >> reporter: elizabeth holmes was a tech supernova who said she

deborah roberts spoke with brooke about her new beginning and how she's encouraging others to find theirs. >> reporter: this morning, in the midst of a recovery from a frightening accident, brooke shields discovering what it is to begin anew. >> last time we talked, you were recovering from a devastating fall. what was it about that moment that brought you to this moment? >> it just solidified even more what i wanted to say and why i was here. it's this idea of when you are at your lowest or your most afraid, what do you do to move forward? what do you do to take that next chance and chapter in your life and i thought, wow, if there's a message at all it's that i'm actually living. >> reporter: brooke channeling those feelings and ideas creating a new online platform and lifestyle brand called beginning is now. using her personal struggles as a way to help others. what was it that you took from your struggle to beginning is now? >> i realized what a survivor fighter i was. there's a resilience and a strength in women and they're often not told that it's okay to show it. when they show it

and i think that's the next place we have to go. >> reporter: deborah roberts, abc news, new york. ♪tried to define me. but i never invited you in. it's my life and this is my journey. i've found a way to do things differently with ocrevus, an infusion treatment that's 2-times-a-year. for adults with relapsing or primary progressive forms of multiple sclerosis, ocrevus is proven effective in reducing relapses in rms and slowing disability progression in rms and ppms. don't take ocrevus if you've had a life-threatening allergic reaction to it, or have hepatitis b. tell your doctor about vaccinations or if you've had hep b, as it could come back. a common side effect of ocrevus is infusion reactions, and some may require hospitalization. it can increase your risk of infections, which can be serious, and may decrease certain types of immunoglobulins. while pml was not reported in clinical trials, it could happen. an increased risk of cancer, including breast cancer, may exist. sorry, ms. you don't get to control every part of me ms can't own us. ask your doctor about two-times-a-year oc

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[applause] ♪ >> deborah merrick raymond joseph metz iii jill ann metzler david robert meyer nurul h.iah william edward micciulli martin paul michelstein patricia e. mickley ronald d. milam peter teague milano gregory milanowycz lukasz tomasz milewski sharon christina millan corey peter miller craig j. miller douglas c. miller henry alfred miller, jr. joel miller michael matthew miller nicole carol miller philip d. miller robert alan miller robert cromwell miller, jr. benny millman charles m. mills, jr. ronald keith milstein robert j. minara william george minardi louis joseph minervino thomas mingione wilbert miraille domenick n. mircovich rajesh arjan mirpuri joseph d. mistrulli susan j. miszkowicz paul thomas mitchell richard p. miuccio jeffrey peter mladenik frank v. moccia, sr. louis joseph modafferi and my father. your strength continues to motivate us. may we continue to make you proud. we love you, we miss you. until we meet again. >> and to my father. he was the coolest guy on the block from his neighborhood in brooklyn. he was the best house dj the neighborhood ever saw. he

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