With Caitlyn Jenner. Nothing better in life to feel comfortable with yourself and who you are. Whether she misses anything about living life as a man. Holding court, Serena Williams defeats her sister in three sets of the u. S. Open. Moving her one win closer to the title and historic grand slam today, wednesday, september 9th, 2015. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on april wednesday morning. Ratings were pretty good for that tennis match last night. It was a really good match. Venus defeated by her sister serena but full of grace, saying it was good for her family. She is one move closer to the title. Well have more on that coming up. We begin with this frightening scene at the airport in las vegas. An engine on a crowded British Airways plane bursting into flames as it was prepared to take off. Hallie jackson has the dramatic images and story behind it. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah. New this morning, weve learned the ntsb will send three investigators here where the runway is back open to look at what went wrong with this engine failure. The passengers involved say they know what went right, a safe and orderly evacuation that may have helped save lives. On the tarmac, a terrifying scene. We have an aircraft on fire with people coming out of it. Reporter thick smoke on a British Airways plane as all 157 passengers, including lisa dunne evacuated, siding down the emergency chute. As soon as they hit the tarmac they sprinted, behind us are giant flames. Reporter planes grounded and people watching in shock. Please be off the plane. Reporter airport Officials Say it was taxiing for takeoff just after 4 00 p. M. When the left engine caught fire. The emergency chute deployed as crews raced to the plane hosing it down. Four minutes later the fire was off. That chute and i can see the smoke and flames and stuff, you think that could go up at any time. Reporter Dominic Worthington preparing for the tenhour flight watched from the ground, shaken but safe. More than a dozen people hospitalized with only minor injuries. As soon as the crew heard passengers saying there was a fire, there was no hesitate from them whatsoever, the exit doors were open. They were literally in full swing, like clock work for them to be honest. Estates he believes everybody is off the aircraft. Reporter pilots, like the three on this flight, train for these kinds of scenarios and they and ten cabin crew members made it off the plane too. British airways promising to help the passengers with whatever they need. I feel lucky the minute im on the ground and feel lucky right now. Im glad everything went so well. Reporter all patients have been released from the hospital. One of the things the ntsb will look at, whether passengers followed Flight Attendant instructions to leave behind their purses and carryons try being to grab bags can waste precious time. In a situation like this one, every second counts. Matt and savannah . Hallie jackson at the airport there. Thank you so much. Count your blessings that that happened while the plane was still on the ground and not 20 seconds after takeoff. Everybody getting off efficiently, amazing. An abrupt shift from Hillary Clinton on the email controversy that has dogged her president ial campaign. Shes now apologizing for her use of a private server while she was secretary of state. But will this turnaround help her or hurt her in the polls. Nbc National CorrespondentPeter Alexander is at the white house. Good morning to you. Reporter hey, matt good morning. Sometimes saying im sorry isnt so simple. It took months for Hillary Clinton to get this point, a clear acknowledgement that it is dragging down her poll numbers and donors have expressed concern. Overnight this admission from Hillary Clinton on facebook, i could have and should have done a better job answering questions earlier. Adding im grateful for your support and not taking anything for granted. The post came just hours after clintons course correction, speaking to abc news about her use of private email for business while secretary of state. That was a mistake, im sorry about that. I take responsibility. And im trying to be as transparent as i possibly can. Reporter the long awaited apology coming 24 hours after clinton insisted there was no apology needed telling the associated press, what i did was allowed and last week saying this to nbcs andrea mitchell. Im sorry this has been confusing to people and has raised a lot of questions. Reporter clintons comments punk wait a sixmonth evolution on the issue, at first defiant, later dismissive. The server will remain private. I recently launched a snapchat account. Those messages disappear all by themselves. Did you wipe the server . Like with a cloth or something . No. Reporter this week clintons advisers telegraphed a change of tone promising more humor and heart from the Democratic Front rubber who watched her lead in the polls shrink with questions about honesty and trust. A new National Poll shows clintons support among democrats sinking to 42 , 18 points lower than in april. Only 20 points above her closest challenger joe biden, still weighing a 2016 bid. In a moment recommend nis senlts of her 2008 campaign in new hampshire. Dont want to see us fall backwards. She fought back tears discussing her late mother who had a troubled childhood. She told me every day, youve got to get up and fight for what you believe in no matter how hard it is. I think about her a lot. Miss her a lot. I wish she were heerl with me. Reporter this morning Hillary Clinton will try to refocus the conversation giving a speech in support of the nuclear deal where shell insist that the u. S. Position should be in her words, distrust and verify. Also today, donald trump and ted cruz together will headline a rally against the agreement. It will take place outside the capitol as Lawmakers Debate it inside. Matt . Peter alexander at the white house. Thanks as always. The county clerk in kentucky who refused to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples is out of jail this morning. What happens now if she returns to work and still refuses to grant those licenses. Lets go to Gabe Gutierrez with the story. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Kim davis lawyer say she plans to return to work later this week and promising to not violate her conscience but that could potentially land her in jail again. This morning kim davis is relishing her freedom after almost five full days locked up for contempt of court. You are strong people. Reporter a judge setting her free once her deputy clerks issue marriage licenses to same sex couples, she refused citing relinlous beliefs. I want to give god the glory reporter today two key questions, first are those marriage licenses her deputies issued valid . Kentuckys governor and county attorney say yes but daviss attorneys disagree. They were issued without the authority of the county and they are not valid. Reporter second, will she interfere with her sub order natures issuing future licenses . If she does, sh coface more jail time and stiff fines. Since the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide in june, other Public Officials refused to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples in North Carolina and alabama and texas. Casey davis, no relation, one of other county clerks doing so in kentucky. Are you prepared to go to jail over your position . Im prepared to live for the lord regardless of what that brings to me. Reporter unlike kim davis, he has not been sued. Here in rowan county, they have removed kim davis name from the marriage licenses but Davis Authority argue they had no authority to do that and calling on governor or state legislature to revamp these forms by changing state law. Well continue to follow. Thank you. Theres new fallout over those vicious hits on a referee during a High School Football game down in texas. An assistant coach being investigated for possibly provoking players involved. While the refs attorney is speaking to nbc news exclusively. Craig melvin is in san antonio. Hi, craig. Reporter good morning to you. We now know that referees name, its robert watts, his attorney tells me that he is under a doctors care this morning after those hits friday night. Perhaps surprisingly the attorney also stopped short of calling for criminal charges against the students. This morning for first time were hearing the referees side of the story. This wasnt passion turning to violence. This was premeditated crime. Reporter in his First Television interview, alan goldberg, the lawyer for robert watts say the way he was blind sided by one player and speared by another is a heinous crime. Two crimes committed in a period of a few seconds. Very, very ugly. Reporter this morning there are also accusations by some team members that watts used inappropriate language. The players also allege racial slurs were directed at them by the umpire. Reporter a charge watts lawyer denies zpl he didnt make racially charged or inappropriate comment to these or other student athletes on the night of the game. Reporter everyone admits the game was heated. Two players ejected for fighting although not clear which official made those calls and School Administrators are now also looking into a comment allegedly made by assistant coach. The students allege that an assistant coach said that guy needs to pay for cheating us or words to that effect. Reporter reed is on paid administrative leave and could not be reached for comment. Two players have been as you say spendsed from the team and school and now face a criminal investigation. Tuesday the team was back on the practice field. School Officials Say the incident was shameful and does not reflect what goes on at john jay high, at least one parent agr agrees. Our kids are not taught to play dirty either. Reporter but goldberger says nothing justifies violence against a referee. Civil itzed people dont do that. They just dont do it. Reporter this story now moves forward on three fronts, youve got the organization that oversees all of texas athletics meeting later this morning to decide the fate and future of those students. You also have the School District that has now lodged a formal official complaint with the organization that oversees all referees regarding those racial slurs and the criminal Investigation Continues and were told that can take at least several more days. Back to you. Still pretty i complicated. Thanks very much. Turning to a bizarre seen coming out of the refugee crisis overseas. I camera woman has been fired from her job after she was seen tripping and kicking migrants fleeing from police. Nbcs chief Foreign CorrespondentRichard Engel is live in hungary. Reporter good morning. That incident took place here yesterday. This camerawoman quickly has become one of the most hated people in hungary, hated on the internet. What happened yesterday a large group of refugees and migrants were being rounded up by police. The migrants decided to escape. As they were running away from police, this hundred gar yan camera woman was seen on film captured by another reporter being bumped then kicking a young man, kicking a girl in the stomach, also sticking out her foot to trip one of the refugees. Most of these people are from syria. He was carrying a baby at the time and went tumbling to the ground. The reporter worked for a far right wing television station here, even that right wing television station has not come to her defense, saying this her actions were unacceptable and shocking. She was fired on the spot and has not spoken publicly. Those images are incredibly disturb gs. Thanks for your report this morning. Lets turn to the world of sports. The stars were out in force last night at the u. S. Open. For that latest epic match in the sibling rivalry between serena and venus williams. It lived up pretty much to the hype. It was a threeset thriller won by serena, moves her within two victories of the first calendar grand slam since 1988 after the match the sisters had nothing but praise for one another. Shes the toughest player ive ever played in my life so and the best person i know. So its [ applause ] its going against your best friend and at the same time going against the greatest competitor for me in womens tennis. It was really difficult. I played the best in different areas as well and have seen the level of competitiveness go up, just to be able to win at this level. I think that makes her the best. Kind of an odd match, all serena in the first set and venus in the second and pretty dominating in the third set. I tweeted team williams, all the way. Way to go. Meantime, natalie is here with new information on the possible sniper out west. Warning residents about a possible freeway sniper this is a story we first told you about last week. Police are investigating nine possible shootings targeting motorists in a tenday stretch in the phoenix area, this more than twice as many as previously announced. In one of the shootings, a 13yearold girl was hurt by shattered glass. No other injuries have been reported. There is a 20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. Thousands of seattle children are starting the school year with the day off this morning. Thanks to a teachers strike, both sides remain far apart on key issues including pay raises, teacher evaluations and the length of the school day. 53,000 students are impacted. The district earlier offered an increase of nearly 9 over three years and union countered with a 10. 5 increase over two years. A cell phone camera captured the chaotic moments when robbers attempted to take jewelry from a london store. Six thieves on motor bikes rode up to this jewelry store. They broke the shops windows and stole thousands of dollars worth of jewelry as they tried to get away. Shop keepers jumped into action. They chased after them and threw garbage at the thieves and pinned one suspect to the ground. Eventually Police Arrived and they were able to take the suspects into custody. A touching story this morning that is sure to melt your heart, a video of an elderly man wait at the airport with a bouquet of flowers. The woman hes waiting for comes into frame and you see the two embrace and new york man posted this video to his Facebook Page and the world has fallen in love with love once again. Its so simple but i watched it and is it does kind of warm your heart. It makes me cry. Its great. How is she expected to do the weather now . I know. Adorable. So lovely. When was the last time your spouse picked you up at the airport with a bouquet of flowers. Good point, natalie. When was that . Thanks for finding the negative in everything. 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