Need2Know: Monday News Roundup

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). Cheddar's Jill Wagner gets into the latest. Subscribe to the Need2Know newsletter [here](https://theneed2know.com).

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