These are the headlines you Need2Know:
* **Seattle Plane Thief Presumed Dead:**
An airline employee stole a 76-seat passenger plane from the Seattle-Tacoma Airport and took it on a wild ride Friday before crashing it onto a nearby island. Richard Russell, who's presumed dead after officials found human remains in the wreckage, worked as a baggage handler and did not have his pilot’s license. For more on the investigation, check out the [Seattle Times](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/live-updates-airplane-taken-from-seattle-tacoma-international-airport-crashes/).
* **Wildfires Continue to Spread:**
The fires have scorched more than 1.6 million acres in states from Washington to New Mexico, with California among the hardest hit. There are more than 100 active, large wildfires in the U.S. In some cases, smoke from the wildfires in California has traveled nearly 3,000 miles to New York. See the map [here](https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/10/us/smoke-california-wildfire-reaches-nyc-wxc-trnd/index.html).
* **Tiger Woods Finishes 2nd to Some Other Guy at the PGA:**
Brooks Koepka became the fifth person to win the U.S. Open and PGA Championship in the same season. But most golf fans were focused on Tiger Woods: his second-place finish led most of the weekend's coverage. For more on Woods's comeback, [click here](https://amp.slate.com/culture/2018/08/tiger-woods-2018-pga-he-finishes-runner-up-to-brooks-koepka-in-thrilling-final-round.html).
* **Omarosa Manigault Newman Slams President Trump:**
The former "Apprentice" contestant and ex-White House aide released a recording of Chief of Staff John Kelly from inside the Situation Room. Newman, who has called Trump "racist" and "misogynist," said on "Meet the Press" she was complicit in the administration's efforts to fool the country. Hear the recordings [here](https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1028655650392485890/video/1).
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Carlo and Baker cover the latest developments after a devastating tornado outbreak over the weekend, plus an eye on Omicron and inflation, and not even Spielberg can save the box office.
Reusable rocket developer Stoke Space Technologies raised $65 million in a Series A round led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a firm founded by Bill Gates. Stoke says its reusable rockets provide the satellite industry with low-cost, on-demand access to and from orbit. As companies like SpacX and Blue Origin are also making commitments to rocket reusability, Stoke says it is taking a different approach with a system designed to be 100% reusable, comprised of rockets designed to fly daily, like an airplane. Stoke co-founder and CEO Andy Lapsa joins Cheddar News' Closing Bell to discuss.
Humans are set to return to a place we have not been in nearly 50 years: the moon. NASA's Artemis program is expected to have astronauts back on the lunar surface by 2025. NASA says it will use what it learns on the moon to take the next giant leap - sending the first astronauts to Mars. The Artemis program also includes contributions from private companies like SpaceX, as well as academic research institutions like Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech professor of practice and former NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus joins Future of Space: Humankind's Leap Forward to discuss.
The CDC warns that COVID-19 is rapidly spreading with Omicron variant cases doubling every two days in the United States. How do current vaccines hold up against the new strain, and what does it mean for your upcoming holiday travel? Cheddar News breaks things down with infectious diseases specialist Dr. William Schaffner of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
President Joe Biden is expected to meet with his COVID-19 response team as the omicron variant continues to surge across the country. Experts say Delta is driving this surge but Dr. Anthony Fauci says Omicron will take over. Emergency physician Dr. Daniel Fagbuyi joins Cheddar News to discuss.
Omicron is on course to become the dominant COVID strain in the U.S., even as Delta is causing another spike in cases. According to Johns Hopkins University data, cases across the country are up 40% from last month, with New York City as a major hotspot. Outbreaks are now causing Broadway performances to be canceled, colleges and universities to shift to online classes, sports leagues to postpone games, and more. Dr. Jen Caudle, family physician and associate professor at Rowan University, joined Cheddar to discuss the surge in cases and how we can best protect ourselves against the new variant.
