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Metropolitan Transit Authority Chairman Joseph Lhota addresses a news conference in New York's Penn Station, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to tax the wealthiest 1 percent to fund repairs and improvements to the beleaguered subway system, but Lhota, who proposed an $836 million emergency plan, said in a statement Sunday that the agency needs additional short-term funding now. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Metropolitan Transit Authority Chairman Joseph Lhota addresses a news conference in New York's Penn Station, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to tax the wealthiest 1 percent to fund repairs and improvements to the beleaguered subway system, but Lhota, who proposed an $836 million emergency plan, said in a statement Sunday that the agency needs additional short-term funding now. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Metropolitan Transit Authority Chairman Joseph Lhota addresses a news conference in New York's Penn Station, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to tax the wealthiest 1 percent to fund repairs and improvements to the beleaguered subway system, but Lhota, who proposed an $836 million emergency plan, said in a statement Sunday that the agency needs additional short-term funding now. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a rally where he announces a plan to fund MTA improvements on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in New York. De Blasio wants to tax the wealthiest 1 percent of city residents to fund repairs and improvements to the nation's largest subway system. (AP Photo/Michael Noble Jr.)
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Members of Transport Workers Union Local 100 carry signs as New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announces a plan to fund MTA improvements on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in New York. De Blasio wants to tax the wealthiest 1 percent of city residents to fund repairs and improvements to the nation's largest subway system. (AP Photo/Michael Noble Jr.)
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio waves before a rally announcing a plan to fund MTA improvements on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in New York. De Blasio wants to tax the wealthiest 1 percent of city residents to fund repairs and improvements to the nation's largest subway system. (AP Photo/Michael Noble Jr.)
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a rally where he announces a plan to fund MTA improvements on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in New York. De Blasio wants to tax the wealthiest 1 percent of city residents to fund repairs and improvements to the nation's largest subway system. (AP Photo/Michael Noble Jr.)
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a rally where he announces a plan to fund MTA improvements on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in New York. De Blasio wants to tax the wealthiest 1 percent of city residents to fund repairs and improvements to the nation's largest subway system. (AP Photo/Michael Noble Jr.)
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FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2017 file photo, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House, in Washington. A firm connected to a data mining and analysis company says former national security adviser Michael Flynn considered taking an advisory role shortly before Election Day. SCL Group tells The Associated Press that Flynn signed a “statement of work” with Cambridge Analytica about “possible advisory work.” But the company says Flynn didn’t take the position after Trump won the presidency. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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FILE - In this April 26, 2017, file photo, the IBM logo is displayed on the IBM building in Midtown Manhattan, in New York. In a judge's ruling dated Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, IBM Corp. owes the state of Indiana $78 million in damages stemming from the company's failed effort to automate much of Indiana's welfare services. Indiana and IBM sued each other in 2010 after then-Gov. Mitch Daniels canceled the company's $1.3 billion contract. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
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Chief Competitive Officer of Groupe Renault Thierry Bolloré, seated left, Chairman of Industrial Development and Renovation Oraganization of Iran, IDRO, Mansour Moazami, center, and Negin Group CEO Kourosh Morshed Solouk sign documents for a deal in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. Iran signed the country's biggest-ever car deal with French multinational automobile manufacturer Groupe Renault on Monday to produce 150,000 cars, beginning in 2018. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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The numbers are clear: There's a glow on Main Street and a soaring stock market seven months into the Trump administration. (Photo of Main Street in Chesterton, Indiana, by Chris Light)
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Cars are stranded after heavy rainfall overwhelmed the city's pump stations, contributing to flooding, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017 in New Orleans. (Brett Duke/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)
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FILE - In this July 23, 2017 file photo, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio talks to reporters on the subway in New York. De Blasio wants to tax the wealthiest 1 percent of New Yorkers to fund repairs and improvements to the beleaguered subway system. The proposal comes as the mayor and Gov. Andrew Cuomo continue to squabble over who is responsible for paying for repairs to the nation's largest system. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2017 file photo, U,S, Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun speaks about the Team USA WinterFest for the upcoming 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games at Yongsan Garrison, a U.S. military base in Seoul, South Korea. Over the next five weeks, leaders from LA and the U.S. Olympic Committee have to iron out financial details about their joint marketing agreement that will figure heavily into the USOC's ability to fund its athletes and sports organizations through those 2028 Games. Sorting out the agreement is one of the biggest hurdles to clear before the IOC meets the week of Sept. 11 in Lima, Peru, to approve Paris to host the 2024 Olympics and Los Angeles for 2028. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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FILE - In this July 11, 2017 file photo, Casey Wasserman chairman of Los Angeles 2024, answers questions during a news conference after the presentation of Los Angeles 2024 Candidate City Briefing for International Olympic Committee (IOC) Members, at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Over the next five weeks, leaders from LA and the U.S. Olympic Committee have to iron out financial details about their joint marketing agreement that will figure heavily into the USOC's ability to fund its athletes and sports organizations through those 2028 Games. Sorting out the agreement is one of the biggest hurdles to clear before the IOC meets the week of Sept. 11 in Lima, Peru, to approve Paris to host the 2024 Olympics and Los Angeles for 2028.(Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP)
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Dave Chappelle acknowledged in his new special that some viewers were hurt by his barbs. He also said all the right things about not wishing violence on any member of the transgender community. He still didn't apologize or shy away from similar material. (Associated Press/File)
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Ron Luce, treasurer of the preservation society, poses for a portrait at Mount Zion Baptist Church on Carpenter Street in Athens, Ohio on Aug. 1, 2017. The Mount Zion Preservation Society has recently been granted ownership of the church and plan on restoring it to it's former beauty. [Brooke LaValley/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)
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United Auto Workers members, some Nissan employees and supporters express their disappointment at losing their bid to form a union at the Nissan vehicle assembly plant in Canton, Miss., Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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United Auto Workers members, some Nissan employees and supporters express their disappointment at losing their bid to form a union at the Nissan vehicle assembly plant in Canton, Miss., Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
