Noon News Update: November 4, 2015

Tomorrow's weather will be mostly sunny with a high of 90 and a 10 percent chance of rain. Russia says keeping Syrian President Assad in power is "not critical"; the leaders of China and Taiwan are to hold the first meeting since the 1949 civil war split the two nations; China burns much more coal than reported, complicating climate talks; Volkswagen's emissions scandal spreads to gas-powered cars; Ohio voters reject a pot legalization referendum by two-to-one margin.