NPR News: 09-06-2026 9PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Roman. Five people are dead in Miami after an Amazon cargo 767 crashed while landing at Miami International Airport running through an airport barrier and striking several vehicles on an access road then catching fire. The plane was arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Both the FAA and the NTSB are sending investigators. Many dayed County Sheriff Rosie Cordero Stutt spoke to reporters. The Miami Day Sheriff's Office homicide bureau will be the lead agency in charge of the death investigation portion alongside our local and federal partners as we all have different parts of our investigation to conclude. A ground stop at the airport was eventually lifted, flight delays are expected into Monday. President Trump's envoys have stepped up their efforts to end Russia's war against Ukraine. NPR's Joanna Cassissis reports from Kiev Ukraine.

1:00Trump's Senate law Jared Kushner and longtime friend Steve Whitcoff have visited Moscow several times, including on Saturday. They arrived in Kiev on Sunday on a train called the Peace Express. Speaking to reporters outside the ornate presidential palace in Kiev, Kushner said Trump wants peace as soon as possible. He responded to a reporter asking him if this could happen by winter. And I think if we can achieve that, it would be an incredible thing. It doesn't mean that we will achieve it, but it's an effort that's very important to try. The Ukrainians, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, looked skeptical. Zelensky told reporters after the press conference that he expected the war to continue and that he had discussed a winter aid package with the U.S. and Europe. Joanna Cassissis and PR News, Kiev. With less than two months until the midterm elections, the war in Iran is weighing on American voters. As NPR's Tamara Keith reports, that's a problem for President Trump and his party. NPR has been following about a dozen swing voters in swing states as part of a long-term

2:05reporting project called Swingshift. Colleen in Pittsburgh says she still doesn't understand why President Trump wanted to go to war with Iran. I just feel like we're in place as we shouldn't be. We're messing with people we shouldn't be messing with. We're arguing and fighting over. I don't even know what. John in Philadelphia says maybe Trump shouldn't have promised to lower prices. I felt like he was headed that way, but obviously this stuff in the Middle East is a mess. NPR has agreed not to use their full names so they can speak freely about politics. Tamara Keith and PR News. The price of a gallon of diesel hit another record today. The nationwide average is now 5.89 a gallon according to Triple A. California has the most expensive diesel in the country at $7.81 a gallon. Diesel was the main fuel in trucking and freight rail. You're listening to NPR News. Republicans will meet this week Wednesday and Thursday in Dallas for a first of its kind midterm convention.

3:06It's designed to boost enthusiasm ahead of the November 3rd midterm elections. Both Vice President Vance and President Trump are scheduled to speak, however, a large number of congressional Republicans and others say they're skipping the event because of scheduling and other issues, including the cost of attending. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on its way to its planned orbital parking space about a million miles from Earth. Joe Palka reports the mission managers have been turning on the telescope's instruments and so far everything looks great. The school bus size the laboratory has a number of scientific goals. It's looking for a special kind of exploding star called a Type I A supernova that astronomers used to study a mysterious force called dark energy. It will also search for planets around distant stars as well as galaxies far beyond the Milky Way. Critical systems like the solar panels and main antenna have successfully deployed, as has the sunshade designed to block out unwanted light.

4:08The spacecraft also completed a correction to its trajectory. The telescope should arrive at its parking place in about 90 days. After that, its five-year scientific mission will begin. For NPR News, I'm Joe Palka. Canada is set to launch $20 billion in counter-terrorists against the United States on Tuesday. After President Trump imposed tariffs against Canada last month, steel and aluminum tariffs will increase by 50 percent some paper products by as much as 25 percent. This is NPR. 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.