This morning, personal thoughts on her life about transition. There is Nothing Better in life than to wake up in the morning, look at yourself in the mirror and feel comfortable with who you are. And whether she misses anything about life as a man. And holding court. Serena williams defeats her sister in three sets of the u. S. Open, moving her one win closer to the title and her historic grand slam on today, wednesday, september 9th, 2015. From nbc news. This is today, with matt lauer and savanna guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Venus defeated by her sister serena but full of grace saying this is good for her family. Serena moves on, one win closer to that title. We will be keeping an eye on her. More on that story coming up. We begin this morning with this frightening scene at the airport in las vegas. An engine on a crowded British Airways flame bursting into flames just as the crew was preparing to take off. Hali jackson is at the airport and she has the frightening images and the story behind it. Reporter new this morning we learned the ntsb will send investigators here to the airport where the runway is back open to find out what went wrong in this engine failure. The passengers say they know what went right. A fast and orderly evacuation that may have helped save lives. On the tarmac a terrifying scene. We have an eric on fire with people coming out of it. Reporter thick smoke swallowing a British Airway as plane on the runway. Mayday. As all 157 Passengers Evacuated sliding down emergency chutes. As soon as they hit the tarmac they just sprint because behind us are giant flames. Reporter at the airport, planes grounded, people watching in shock. Please be off. Please be off the plane. This is insane. Reporter airport Officials Say the boeing 777 was taxiing for takeoff to londons gatt wick airport just after 4 00 p. M. When the left engine caught fire. The emergency chutes deployed as crews raced towards the plane hosing it down. Four listens later the fire was out. We were standing at the top of the chute seeing the smoke and the flames, you think it could go up at any time. Reporter he watched from the gron 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 hesitation. The exit doors were open. It was like clock work for them. Obviously airr scary for them, too. Focused on the pilot. He says he believes everybody is off the aircraft. Reporter pilots like the three on this aircraft train for these kinds of scenarios. They and the crew members made it off the plane, too. I felt lucky the minute i landed on the ground. Very lucky right now. Im glad everything went so well. Reporter everybody who was treated is now out of the hospital. Meanwhile, the ntsb will be looking whether passengers on board followed instructions to leave behind their purses and carryones. Trying to grab bags can waste time. And in an evacuation like this one, every second counts. Count your blessings that that happened while that plane was on the ground and not 20 seconds after take off. Everybody getting off quickly and efficiently, its amazing. Reporter moving on, a shift from Hillary Clinton on that email controversy that has dagged her president ial campaign. She is now apologizing for her use of a private server while she was secretary of state. Will this turnaround help her or hurt her in the polls . Nbc National CorrespondentPeter Alexander is at the white house. Good morning. Reporter sometimes saying im sorry isnt so simple this. Took months for Hillary Clinton to get to this point a. Clear acknowledgement that the email controversy is dragging down her poll numbers and that even some of her donors have started expressing 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 im 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 government 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 be. Reporter the long awaited apology coming just 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 no. s andrea mitchell. I am sorry that this has been confusing to people and has raised a lot of questions. Reporter clintons comment punctuate a six month evolution on the issue. At first, defiant, later dismissive. The server will remain private. I recently launched a snap chat account. Those messages disappear all by themselves did you wipe the server . What, like with a cloth or something . Well, no. Reporter this week, a change of tone ms progress humor and heart from the democrat frontrunner who watched her lead in the polls shrink with wes about honesty and trust. Trust ratings sinking to 42 . 18 points lower than in april, only 20 points above her closest challenger, joe biden, still weighing a 2016 bid. In new hampshire. I dont want to see us fall backwards. Clinton fought back tears discussing her late mother who had the troubled childhood. She told me every day you have got to get up and fight for what you believe in, no married how hard it is. I think about it a lot. I miss her a lot. I wish she were here with me. This morning, Hillary Clinton will try to refocus the conversation on her policy toward iran giving a speech in support of the nuclear deal where she will say that the u. S. Position should be in her words distrust. Later donald trump will rally against the agreement. It will take place outside the capitol as Lawmakers Debate it inside. Peter, thanks. Meanwhile the county clerk in kentucky who refused to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples is out of jail this morning. What happens if thee returns to work and still refuses to grant those licenses . Lets go to gabe gutierrez. Good morning. Reporter kim daviss lawyers say she plans to return to work later this week. She is 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. We are strong, people. A judge setting her free once her deputy clerkings issued marriage licenses to same sex couple she had refused citing her religious beliefs. Today, two key questions. First, are those marriage licenses her deputies issued valid . Kentuckys governor and the rowan county attorney say yes. But daviss attorneys disagree. The license issued were issued without the authority of the clerk of the county. And they are not vality. Reporter second, will she interfere with her subordinate nats issuing future license . If she does she could face more jail time and stifflines fines. She should have to obey that law. Reporter since the Supreme Court allowed it in june, other states have refused to issue licenses to same sex couples. Casey davis, no relation, is one of two other county clerks doing so in kentucky. Are you prepared to go to jail over your position . Im prepared to live for if lord regardless of what that brings to me. Reporter unlike kim davis she is not been sued. Here in rowan county, the deputy clerks have already removed kim daviss name from these marriage license. But daviss attorneys argue they had no authority to do that and are calling on either the governor or the state legislature to revamp these forms by changing state law. Savanna . . Well continue to follow. Thank you. New fallout over those vicious hits on a referee during a High School Football game in texas. An assistant coach now being investigated for possibly provoking the players who were involved. While the refs attorney is speaking to nbc news exclusively. Today, national correspond end craig melvin is in san antonio. Hi, craig. Reporter matt, good morning to you. We now know that referees name. Its robert watts. His attorney tells me 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 the first time, we are hearing the referees side of the story. This wasnt passion turning to violence. This was premeditated crime. Reporter in his First Television interview the lawyer for the referee says the way way watts was targeted and speared by another was a crime. Two crimes committed in a period of just 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 larry king lawyer denies. He didnt make any racially charged or inappropriate comments to these or any other student athletes on the night of the game. Reporter everyone admits the game was heated. Two players were ejected for fighting. And School Administrators are now also looking into a comment allegedly made by the assistant coach. The students allege that an assistant coach said, that guy needs to pay for cheating us. Or words to of that effect. Reporter read is on paid administrative leave while School Officials conduct their investigation. He could not be reached for comment. The players in the video have been suspended from the team, suspended from cool 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 j. High. At least agrees. Our kids here are not taught to play dirty. Reporter but goldberger says nothing justifies violence against a referee. Civilized people dont do that. They just dont do it. Reporter so this story now moves forward on three fronts. You have 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 lodge at formal official complaint with the organization that oversees all refuse he reese regarding those racial slurs. And the criminal investigation continues. And were told that could take at least several more days. Back to you. Complicated. Craig melvin in san antonio. Craig, thanks very much. Turning now to a buy czar scene coming out of the refugee crisis oversys. A camera woman reportedly fired from her job after she was seen tripping and kick migrants who were fleeing from police. Richard is in hungary with more. What is this all about . Reporter good morning savanna, that incident took place here yesterday. This camerawoman has quickly become one of the most hate people in hungary, hated on the internet. What happened yesterday was a large group of refugees and migrants were being rounded up by police. The migrants decided to escape. And as they were running away from police, this hungarian camerawoman 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 rightwing television station here. Even that rightwing television station has not come to her defense saying her actions were unacceptable and shocking. She was fired on the spot and has not spoken publicly. All right. Those images are incredibly disturbing. Thanks for your report this morning. Lets turn to the world of sports. The stars were out in the force last night for the u. S. Open for the latest ep he can match in the sibling rivalry between via and venus williams. It lived up to the hype. It was a three set thriller eventually won by serena. That moves her to within two victories of the first calendar grand slam since 1988. After the match the sisters had nothing but praise for one another. She is the toughest player i have ever played in my life, and the best person i know. So its [ cheers and 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 ive seen the level of competitiveness go up. Just to be able to win at this level, i think thats what makes her the best. An odd match when it came down to it. All serena in the first set, all venus in the second set. And a dominating performance by serena in the third set. Impossible to choose. People were tweeting saying team serena, team venus. I just tweeted team williams. Natalie is here. New information on a possible sniper out west. Arizona officials warning residents about a possible freeway sniper. This is a story we first told you about last week. Police are investigating nine possible shooting targeting motorists in a tenday stretch all in the phoenix area. This is more than twice as many incidents as previously announced. In one of the shootings a 13yearold girl was hurt by shattered glass. No other injuries have been reported. There is now a 20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. Thousands of seattle children are starting the school year with a day off this morning thanks to a teachers strike. Both sides remain far apart on key issues regarding pay raises, teach evaluations and the length of the schoolday. 53,000 students are impacted. The district recently offed a 9 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 then stole thousands of dollars worth of jewelry. As they tried to get away, the shop keepers jumped into action. They chased after them, threw garbage at the thieves, even pinned one suspect to the ground. Eventually Police Arrived and 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 waiting at the airport with a bouquet of flowers. Its been viewed now more than 20 million times since monday. 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