NPR News: 09-06-2026 8PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Roderone. Five people were killed today when a cargo jet crashed at Miami International Airport. As NPR's Ping-Wong reports, local officials say the scene was chaotic. Just before 2pm on Sunday afternoon, an Amazon cargo plane crashed as it tried to land at the busy Florida airport. Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero Stutz says it overran the runway. It came to rest at a field adjacent to the airport. At this time, we can confirm that we have at least five deceased individuals and we have multiple individuals that were transported to local hospitals with unknown injuries. Video posted on social media shows the Boeing 767 with its tail over the airport's fence and thick black smoke rising from the aircraft. Local officials said there was a fuel leak they were working to mitigate. It's unclear so far what caused the crash, though the National Transportation Safety Board says they're sending a team to the site and launching an investigation. The airport is open again, but passengers have been warned to expect long delays in cancellations.

1:03Ping-Wong and P.R. News. President Trump's super PAC is waiting into the mid-term elections to support Republicans, NPR's Maralias in reports. Trump's super PAC MAGA Inc has been sitting on more than $400 million in cash, and the president is finally beginning to spend it. I think I have like a close to a billion dollars in the super PAC, and I'm allocating for probably $400-500 million, so I'll be spending. We'll be spending. Yeah, we're going to spend a lot of money because we don't want to lose our country. MAGA Inc made a $10 million ad buy to support Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who's running for Senate. Overall, Republican super PACs and campaign committees have much more money than their democratic counterparts, but in many cases, specific Republican candidates have raised less money than their democratic opponents. That's true for Paxton, whose campaign cash is trailing the amount raised by his democratic opponent, James Tallerico. Maralias and NPR News.

2:03Triple A says the price of diesel hit a record today and is now $589, a gallon nationally. That's up $0.29 in the last week. Diesel is the main fuel in trucking and freight rail and many companies are passing along the higher cost to consumers. Many are also blaming the war against Iran for the higher price of fuel. On ABC's this week, the Energy Secretary Chris Wright insisted the war against Iran is justified. There may not be a nuclear agreement. It may be simply destroying their capabilities to do it. An agreement may await a next administration in Iran. We simply don't know that, but I think what the president was communicating there is how critically important this is. If Iran has nuclear weapons, the Middle East, the world is a wildly different place than it is today. 20% of the world's oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz. This is NPR. Ash from an erupting volcano in Indonesia has shut down six airports,

3:04canceling international and domestic flights, at least until Monday at noon local time. Nina Rao reports that emergency officials are coordinating the response even as the eruption of the volcano continues. The volcano has been firing thick ash into the atmosphere since late Friday. While no casualties have been reported, the ash is blanketing the capital, Jairatah, and neighboring provinces. Head of Indonesia's Disaster Management Agency, Chohar Yandong, says they are deploying aircraft to clear the air. Authorities are carrying out whether modification operations, he says. If there is no cloud growth, they'll use a water-masting method to break down dangerous ash particles. Officials have also begun distributing masks and are urging residents in affected areas to stay indoors. For NPR News, I'm Nina Rao in Jairatah. A man with multiple weapons lunged at the Democratic Canada for Governor of Ohio today, Dr. Amy Action. During a campaign event at a fair and canfield, Ohio, several people were

4:09injured when the suspect reportedly knocked them down to the ground. Action was not heard. Members of her security team intervened in the suspect, he's been arrested. Action was Ohio's health director under Republican Governor Mike Dewine, the wine issue to statement saying he was grateful she was not heard and violence has no place in politics. Primary voters in New Hampshire Tuesday will select the Republican and Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate in November. I'm Dan Ronan, NPR News. As the political landscape shifts beneath our feet, we're all vulnerable to a well-funded distraction economy determined to take our eye off the bomb. Our weekly politics series, if you can keep it, is here to help where our focus is not the force race, but the state. We tackle the big political stories of the day and why they matter for our democracy. Join me Todd Zwilland and me Jen White on the 1A podcast from WAMU and NPR.