News Wrap: Lee makes landfall in Canada after lashing Northeast

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• John Yang:

  Today's other news what was Hurricane Lee is now a post tropical cyclone. It's made landfall in Nova Scotia is western coastline. The 400 mile wide storm grazed New England lashing it with heavy rains strong winds high surf large swells and choppy seas.

  Hundreds of thousands are without power in both the United States and Canada, as falling trees and tree limbs took out powerlines. Storm is forecast to steadily weaken tomorrow as it moves inland over Canada and diminish on Monday.

  Negotiators for the UAW and the Big Three automakers were back at the bargaining table today. One day after thousands of auto workers struck three plants in Missouri, Ohio and Michigan. Ford is blamed to strike for 600 temporary layoffs of non-striking workers. GM said it could begin laying off thousands of workers as soon as next week. In a statement today, UAW president Shawn Fain said the layoffs were a tactic that won't work.

  Libya's government is investigating the collapse of the two dams that triggered devastating floods earlier this week, killing more than 11,000 people. Six days later, rescue teams are still searching for bodies. There are estimates that more than 10,000 people are still missing.

  And North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made nonstop today at the Russian port city of Vladivostok fewer than 100 miles from the North Korean border. It's part of his visit to Russia, which included in meeting with President Vladimir Putin. Kim inspected Russian weapons including hypersonic missiles and bombers capable of delivering a nuclear warhead. The visit has raised Western concerns about our Russia North Korean arms deal.

  Still to come on PBS News Weekend, what's changed for women In Iran one year after sweeping protests followed the death of Mahsa Amini, and the story of a man who paved the way for gay political candidates in America.