NPR News Now covers the Nobel Peace Prize award to Navi Pillai, Hurricane Isaias threatening the Gulf Coast, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's announcement of a public execution for a Fort Hood shooter. The broadcast also reports on an ICE agent shooting a man in the Bronx, the arrest of two Latvian men near a UK airbase, and a competitive midterm race in New York's 17th district. Additionally, the segment notes that the national average for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has risen to 7.4 percent.