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. we ll 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
what we should and shouldn t be watching. we love our stackable. and the kids are back in school so we ll help make the learning more fun with new gadgets. who s hear what that? steve greenberg. all right. and if you want to be happy, we ll get advice for striking the right work/life balance in all kinds of situations from a mother of eight. she knows best. look at her she s juggling. she s on something. that s a joke and a poor one. tripadvisor.com says most of us are traveling this holiday sunday and monday. sometimes people take the extra day and return home on tuesday. oh, hoe the wants it. how could you not? only 16% of people are taking another day. so the traffic will be bad tonight, get an early start if you can. hoda, are you a party thrower or goer? i ll tell you what that is, you re a goer. i m an attend queee i m n good at throwing parties. no one wants to come to my apartment. my mom and i when we were in rehoboth, i think for the firs
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.
you okay with people showing up 1259:30 or 1:00? close. i ve been in live television in my entire life. there s no such thing as late. vegas or whatever you have to be ready. you have to understand people if it s a picnic you re throwing you say we ll have picnic noon to five. but don t come more than 15 minutes late. it s really rude. don t ask guests to take off their shoes when they come to your house. you know, i don t that but a lot of people do do it. i m used to that because of boats. people ask you to take your shoes off when you re on a boat. what about in someone s home? if someone asks know do it i m happy to oblige. it seems strange when you re dressed up in black tie and they say be barefoot in our evening gown. what if you have a bad pe re or you don t the right socks. should have thought about that sooner, hoda. well, whatever. unless your house is very unique, do not offer a tour. i think if people ask you sometimes i ll say to a host yo
very lucky right now. i m 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 carry-ones. 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, it s amazing. reporter: moving on, a shift from hillary clinton on that e-mail controversy that has dagged her presidential 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 correspondent peter alexander is at the white house. good morning. reporter: sometimes saying i m sorry isn t so simple this. took months for hillary clinton to get to this point a. clear