the campaign trail. >> and off we go joyfully. >> reporter: and next week with jimmy fallon on "the tonight show." after months of sounding defensive. or mocking reporter's questions. >> what? like with a cloth or something? no, no. >> reporter: now clinton has decided to do interviews about the emails, first with us. >> i should have had two accounts, one for personal and one for work related. >> reporter: refusing to apology with the associated press and now saying she's sorry for not using a different server. and it's clinton 3.0, from a team of her long-time aids and president obama. tved a ed a

ad makers and campaign manage, mook. and polster joel ben stn. and close advisor, obden, plus, husband, bill. fund raising next week, but so far, not campaigning. >> well, you know, she is who she is and she can't transform her purse nal overnight and she shouldn't try. >> reporter: the fbi investigation into her email system and testimony to congress next month. andrea mitchell, nbc news washington. the war of words continues between gop presidential candidates, donald trump and jeb bush. >> having trouble sleeping at night? too much energy? need some low energy? >> they have an hsa in some companies, some companies don't. >> jeb, for all your sleeping needs.

>> meanwhile, bush was on the premier episode of the "late show." they didn't talk about trump. >> you can be friends with people you don't agree with on everything. >> so, maybe the donald and jeb should stop their back and forth fighting and restore a degree of civility. just a thought. and today, county clerk, kim davis is expected back to work after a week behind bars. her deputy clerks started doing something she would not, that is issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. and her lawyer says licenses issued while she was jailed are void without her approval. they played eye of the tiger, a signature song from the band survivor. and front man, franky sullivan is not happy about that.

he wrote on his facebook page, no, we did not grant ibkim davis any rights to use my tune, i would not grant her the right to charmin. it's a sibling rivalry so well known you only need their first names, venus and serena. they met on the biggest stage, that is the u.s. open and donald trump was there. he did not, however, get a warm reception. >> this is a rough crowd here. >> it's new york. >> photographers are getting -- >> of course, the real reason everyone was there was the big match. venus took the first and serena took the second and then wham, serena won it on this one. and she's now two wins away from one of the most difficult feats,

a calendar year grand slam. she could be the first to do it since 1988. to a big shake up at one of the world's largest airlines, the c eo of united airlines stepped down. and federal law enforcement sources that the this is extension of the bridgegate scandal. this is a royal record. queen eliz elizabeth ii, will officially become the longest living monarch on the thrown. is this business as usual? >> reporter: her majesty has

made it clear she wants the day to be low key. she becomes the longest reigning british monarch, breaking the record by queen elizabeth. and the world watched her become a mother and grandmother and now great grandmother. she has out lasted 12 prime ministers, starting with winston church hill and 12 u.s. presidents, starting with hairy trueman. and for all the media fuss, it is business as usual for the queen who is on royal duty in scotland, with prince philip, her husband of 77 years. long may she reign, say some of the tributes here in london.

the record will be broken in days. >> now to this video of deadly flooding in spain yesterday. severe rain caused a massive floods. look at that. come over took roads and killed three people and they washed away over 200 cars and ruined 80 buildings. nbc meteorologist, bill karins is here. >> that's all we talked about all summer long, was the drought and the heat. and it was 97 degrees yesterday, warmest september temperature in new york city since the early 1980s. a very significant record there. and 98 in newark. i know, albany, new york had a record high too. that's going to come to an end. very slowly, a cold front is moving across the country.

and toward memphis and this rain will eventually push to the east, slowly though. and this is the rainfall forecast. we've been very dry over the last two months. we could really use this one to three inches of rain from d.c. up through possibly areas of boston. if you get those thunderstorms, you have a really good chance. and today's forecast, we're way above average. temperatures ahead of the front for one more day. this should be it. it should be it. that's your national weather, now here's a closer look at the day ahead. and we'll jump those temperatures into the 90s. into the southeast, scattered showers and storms ahead of that front, humid too, with temperatures in the 80s and 90s. so, for you heat lover, betty, this is it for you.

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>> reporter: well, betty, it is a stcont event and the tag line is hey, siri, give us a hint. >> take picturesf friends holding things so you'll remember down the road. >> reporter: see, she's not saying anything. so, we're going to have to wait and see. what's new? it's anyone's guest but the best guessers say probably a new iphone called 6 s and 6 plus s and maybe with a new camera. and maybe you could talk to your tv. >> it's a wild card and that's an ipad pro, maybe meant for business users.f weyoe not su o rf they're going to have to ts week but that's certainly a good chance. >> reporter: and job website sa give us a hint of what's to come. 245ir 86 open positions for people who

know how to develop machines that know h to predict what we want before we want it. the technology giant has to do something different now. >> i think they need to find reasons for people to want the new iphone and get excited about these other categories, whether it's the apple tv or apple watch, to have something for everybody. >> reporter: and the unveiling here at the auditorium which seats, 7,000, much larger than the venue they often use for these announcements. a lot of anticipation. we'll have to wait and see. >> thank you so much.

. right now, summer is over for new york city students, but it won't feel like it. a sweltering first day of school. a school bus strike looming. the meeting today that parents want to pay attention to. a runway inferno. hear from passengers who rushed to escape a burning plane. "today in new york" starts now. good morning everyone. it's wednesday morning, september 9th. i'm darlene rodriguez. i'm michael gargiulo. storm team 4's chris cimino is here with the forecast. chris, the back to school forecast a significant one because of the heat.

>> once again, we're talking abransout, this would be day three, another hendat wave. yesterday into the 90s. we're starting out in the muggy upper 70s. low to 70s in the nearby suburbs. most of longeislanh in the 70s right now. plan on another day, another scorcher. sizzling sunshine. clouds will mix in. clouds later this afternoon. steamy at noon at 87 degrees. forecasting a high of 90. might be a spot shower or thunderstorm that's the harbinger of a change heading our way. let's look at the commute with lauren scala. good morning everyone. we have a disabled vehicle inbound by 92nd street. that's in the right lane. something to take note of. we have a lot of roadwork again. the midtown tunnel, one tube shut down. so the other is taking on two-way traffic. right now things are moving nicely. later on, it will cause headaches. more weather and traffic on the 4s. back to school in new york city.

the summer may be over but the heat is hanging on. classrooms will be stuffy across the area. lori bordonaro is on staten is nd wnkh more on the first day back. >> reporter: and darlene, when you think about that back to school, you think about jackets. you think about leaves falling off the trees. but right now, it doesn't feel like it's almost fall at all. roughly, one-third of new york city schools do not have air conditioning. it may be very warm welcome for students headed back to school today. yesterday's record heat left many sweltering in new jersey. we i saw one student guzzling water outside the classroom in newark where there were many complaints about no early dismissal. in connecticut, many schools let out early. in new york city, school is scheduled to begin and end on time. mayor de blasio will be at ps 59 to greet students before the bell rings. one student said she's lucky her classroom is cool.

>> we don't get very hot because they keep it on all day. we can't turn it off. our classrooms get very cold while we go to lunch. >> reporter: and some schools in condectie t, including stamford, do have plans to close early once again today. but darlene and michael, hopefully we won't have to deal with this too much longer. back to you. >> it certainly was hot out there. thank you, lori bordonaro. students will return to schools at the john f. kennedy school in the bronx. a worker touched a gas line that caused an explosion blowing out walls in the high school. they say the damaged parts of the building are walled off from students for repairs. starting today, dozens of cameras on the lookout for speeders in new york city school zones as well. city installed and activated 140 speed cameras in time for the new school year. these fixed and sometimes mobile cameras are set up and running

in some of the city's most