These are the headlines you Need 2 Know. * **Wildfires Latest:** The Camp Fire is not even halfway done burning, according to California forestry officials. They’re predicting the deadliest fire in the state’s history will be contained by Nov. 30. The blaze has killed at least 77, and the list of missing continues to fluctuate wildly, with 993 still unaccounted for as of the last update. Read more [here](https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/fires-in-california-camp-woolsey-paradise-wildfire-evacuations-death-toll-map-2018-11-18-latest/). * **POTUS Visit:** President Trump toured the remnants of Paradise, the town destroyed by the Camp Fire, offering conciliatory words and a promise to aid the state’s recovery. Citing a conversation he said he had with the president of Finland, Trump said he believed the fires could have been prevented by “raking and cleaning” the forest floor. The Finnish president later said he didn't remember making that comment, and that raking is not a forest management practice in his country. Read more [here](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46256296). * **President’s Weekend:** President Trump stirred controversy across several other fronts over the weekend. He dismissed former Adm. William McRaven, the commander of the Osama bin Laden raid, as a political hack and asked why it took so long for the military to kill the terrorist leader. Later, he referred in a tweet to Rep. Adam Schiff, the incoming chair of the House Intelligence Committee as Adam “Schitt.” Schiff responded: "Was that like your answers to Mr. Mueller’s questions, or did you write this one yourself?” Read more [here](https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/19/politics/trump-combative-weekend-rocky-road/index.html). * **Race Concessions** The three big races that were still too close to call have been settled, and Democrats lost all of them. In Georgia, Brian Kemp was elected governor. His opponent, Stacey Abrams acknowledged that she lost, but would not concede the race in a fiery speech to supporters. In Florida, Andrew Gillum conceded to Ron DeSantis in the governor’s race, and Sen. Bill Nelson conceded to Rick Scott in that state’s senate race. Read more [here](https://www.vox.com/2018/11/18/18101525/outstanding-midterms-concessions-gillum-nelson-abrams-mia-love) * **Khashoggi Killing:** President Trump said he has not listened to the tape that the intelligence community believes shows evidence that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was behind the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Meanwhile, the State Dept. is pushing back that there has been a final determination of who is responsible for the grisly killing, though the CIA reportedly has concluded that it was a premeditated assassination on the order of the prince. Read more [here](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-i-dont-want-to-hear-the-tape-of-purported-khashoggi-killing). * **Missing Picasso:** A painting by Pablo Picasso that was stolen in 2012 may have been found. Two Dutch citizens showed up at the Netherlands Embassy in Bucharest with the purported painting, saying it had been found in Romania. The painting was one of seven stolen. Others still missing were by Matisse, Monet, and Gauguin. Read more [here](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-romania-art-heist/stolen-picasso-resurfaces-in-romania-six-years-later-idUSKCN1NN0IY). * **University Gift:** Michael Bloomberg says he will donate $1.8 billion to Johns Hopkins University, his alma mater, to be used exclusively for providing financial aid to low- and middle-income students. It is said to be the largest private donation to a college in history. In an op-ed announcing the gift, Bloomberg says the school will be able to replace loans with scholarships in many cases and become “forever need-blind.” Read it [here](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/18/opinion/bloomberg-college-donation-financial-aid.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage). * **Coach Condi?:** Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she hopes the NFL will bring women into the coaching profession, “as position coaches and eventually coordinators and head coaches.” Rice’s remarks followed an ESPN report that claimed the Cleveland Browns wanted to interview her for the team’s next head coach position. The Browns say Rice “has not been discussed” as a candidate and Rice, in a Facebook post, says she’s not ready to coach. See the post [here](https://www.facebook.com/condoleezzarice/posts/2160868690591977). * **Spotted:** Former President Barack Obama surprising wife Michelle with flowers during a stop on her book tour in Washington D.C. Obama joked it was like “when Jay-Z comes out during the Beyonce concert.” See it [here](https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/18/politics/obama-michelle-book-tour-jay-z/index.html). * **RBG Rap:** Kate McKinnon paid homage to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a rap on this weekend’s SNL. The lyrics included the line “Live Ginsburg, and I ride for Ginsburg.” See it [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6e_rGWbFqs&feature=youtu.be). * **Major Biden:** The Biden family has a new member: a German Shepherd rescue named Major. The Bidens adopted Major from the Delaware Humane Society. Major joins the Bidens’ other German Shepherd, Champ. See the photos [here](https://www.facebook.com/62847541152/posts/10156660116626153/).

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