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Midnight Rider star actor William Hurt waits outside a courtroom before being called as a witness during a civil trial at the Chatham County Court House in Savannah, Ga, Tuesday, July 11, 2017. The civil trial is against railroad CSX Transportation in the 2014 death of a Midnight Rider movie crew member struck by a train while filming on a railroad bridge in Georgia. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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This July, 10, 2017 photo taken by the North Dakota Highway Patrol show the Magpie Fire in the Little Missouri National Grassland of western North Dakota. The fire is 8 square miles. No homes or people are threatened, but the blaze did shut down two public campgrounds and a long stretch of a hiking, biking and horseback riding trail that draws thousands of people from around the U.S., Canada and Europe. (North Dakota Highway Patrol via AP)
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In this Monday, July 10, 2017 frame from video, smoke and flames rise from a military plane that crashed in a farm field, in Itta Bena, Miss., killing several. (WLBT-TV via AP)
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Flames from a wildfire consume a residence near Oroville, Calif., on Sunday, July 9, 2017. Evening winds drove the fire through several neighborhoods leveling homes in its path. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Chuck Wilsey returns to his home east of Oroville, Calif., after evacuation orders were lifted as the Wall fire threatened the Sierra foothill town Monday, July 10, 2017. When Wilsey was ordered to flee his ranch home over the weekend, he was ready. He started keeping his truck and camper loaded with supplies back in February, when some of the heaviest winter rains on record in Northern California nearly caused catastrophic flooding at the nation's tallest dam. "Fire and flood so close together," he marveled on Monday at a Red Cross shelter. "We just try to stay prepared." (APnPhoto/Don Thompson)
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Smoke from wildfires burning in central B.C. shrouds the north shore of Kamloops, British Columbia, on Monday July 10, 2017. More than 200 wildfires are burning in the province and an estimated 14,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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A helicopter lands while battling a wildfire burning on the top of a mountain near Ashcroft, British Columbia, Monday, July 10, 2017. Across the border in Canada, crews contended with more than 200 wildfires in British Columbia that have forced thousands to flee and destroyed dozens of buildings, including several homes and two airport hangars. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Smoke rises from trees burned by wildfire on a mountain near Ashcroft, British Columbia, Monday, July 10, 2017. Across the border in Canada, crews contended with more than 200 wildfires in British Columbia that have forced thousands to flee and destroyed dozens of buildings, including several homes and two airport hangars. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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A helicopter is used to battle a wildfire burning on the top of a mountain near Ashcroft, British Columbia, Monday, July 10, 2017. Across the border in Canada, crews contended with more than 200 wildfires in British Columbia that have forced thousands to flee and destroyed dozens of buildings, including several homes and two airport hangars. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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This photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department shows the Rancho Alegre Outdoor School camp. which suffered extensive damage from the Whittier Fire near Santa Barbara, Calif., Monday, July 7, 2017. In Southern California, thousands of people remained out of their homes as a pair of fires raged at different ends of Santa Barbara County. The fires broke out amid a blistering weekend heat wave that toppled temperature records. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)
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This photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department shows Rancho Alegre Outdoor School, a camp which suffered extensive damage from the Whittier fire near Santa Barbara, Calif., Monday, July 7, 2017. In Southern California, thousands of people remained out of their homes as a pair of fires raged at different ends of Santa Barbara County. The fires broke out amid a blistering weekend heat wave that toppled temperature records. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)
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Krystle Chambers, who with her father Chuck Wilsey had to evacuate their property near Oroville, Calif., waits at an evacuation center near Oroville, Calif., Monday, July 10, 2017. They were among about 4,000 people evacuated as flames raced through grassy foothills in the Sierra Nevada, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) north of Sacramento. Sheriff's deputies drove through neighborhoods announcing evacuation orders over loudspeakers. "It's hard, it's rough," she said. "Way too many hits. First it's this side of town, then the other side of town. It almost makes you want to move." (AP Photo/Krystle Chambers)
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Emergency officials respond to the site of a military plane crash near Itta Bena, Miss., Monday, July 10, 2017. Leflore County Emergency Management Agency Director Frank Randle told reporters at a late briefing that more than a dozen bodies had been recovered after the KC-130 spiraled into the ground about 85 miles (135 kilometers) north of Jackson in the Mississippi Delta. (Elijah Baylis/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)
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Emergency officials respond to the site of a military plane crash near Itta Bena, Miss., Monday, July 10, 2017. Leflore County Emergency Management Agency Director Frank Randle told reporters at a late briefing that more than a dozen bodies had been recovered after the KC-130 spiraled into the ground about 85 miles (135 kilometers) north of Jackson in the Mississippi Delta. (Elijah Baylis/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)
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Emergency officials respond to the site of a military plane crash near Itta Bena, Miss., Monday, July 10, 2017. Leflore County Emergency Management Agency Director Frank Randle told reporters at a late briefing that more than a dozen bodies had been recovered after the KC-130 spiraled into the ground about 85 miles (135 kilometers) north of Jackson in the Mississippi Delta. (Elijah Baylis/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)
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Emergency officials respond to the site of a military plane crash near Itta Bena, Miss., Monday, July 10, 2017. Leflore County Emergency Management Agency Director Frank Randle told reporters at a late briefing that more than a dozen bodies had been recovered after the KC-130 spiraled into the ground about 85 miles (135 kilometers) north of Jackson in the Mississippi Delta. (Elijah Baylis/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)
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Emergency officials respond to the site of a military plane crash near Itta Bena, Miss., Monday, July 10, 2017. Leflore County Emergency Management Agency Director Frank Randle told reporters at a late briefing that more than a dozen bodies had been recovered after the KC-130 spiraled into the ground about 85 miles (135 kilometers) north of Jackson in the Mississippi Delta. (Elijah Baylis/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)
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In this Thursday, July 6, 2017 file photo, Ronnie Millar, of the Boston-based Irish International Immigrant Center, addresses a "Here to Stay" rally at the Irish Famine Memorial in Boston, where immigration activists and labor groups gathered to oppose the president's crackdown on illegal immigration. Immigration and Customs Enforcement data provided to The Associated Press show that more than 1,300 Europeans were deported through June 24. About 1,450 Europeans were deported in 2016. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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FILE - In this Thursday, July 6, 2017 file photo, Andrew Mannett, of Boston, holds a sign supporting President Donald Trump during a "Here to Stay" rally at the Irish Famine Memorial in Boston, where immigration activists and labor groups gathered to oppose the president's crackdown on illegal immigration. John Cunningham, a businessman and former chair of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Boston, was deported to Ireland the previous day. Immigration and Customs Enforcement data provided to The Associated Press show that more than 1,300 Europeans were deported through June 24. About 1,450 Europeans were deported in 2016. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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Emergency personnel stand along U.S. Highway 82 after a military transport plane crashed into a field near Itta Bena, Miss., on the western edge of Leflore County, Monday, July 10, 2017. Several were killed in the crash. (AP Photo/Andy Lo)