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In this file image taken from video on Monday Oct. 29, 2012, obtained from the Ugarit news network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows smoke rising from the city following heavy bombing from military warplanes, in Deir el-Zour's Jbeileh neighborhood, 450 km northeast of Damascus Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video, File )
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Kalamazoo Public Safety Officers Jason Colyer and Christina Ellis man the East H Avenue Comstock Township Fire Station as the Comstock firefighters are off duty in Comstock Township, Mich., Thursday, June 15, 2017. Comstock Township Fire Chief Edward Switalski has died after he was struck by an out-of-control vehicle as he responded to another crash on Interstate 94 in southwestern Michigan, authorities said Thursday. (Mark Bugnaski/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group via AP)
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during the Justice Department's National Summit on Crime Reduction and Public Safety, in Bethesda, Md., on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions, left, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein take their seats at the Justice Department's National Summit on Crime Reduction and Public Safety, in Bethesda, Md., on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions listens during the Justice Department's National Summit on Crime Reduction and Public Safety, in Bethesda, Md., on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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In this Saturday, June 17, 2017, photo, damaged USS Fitzgerald is headed to the U.S. Naval base off Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, after colliding with Philippine-flagged container ship ACX Crystal off Japan earlier in the day. The 8,315-ton destroyer had its starboard side badly damaged, with a mechanical room and two sleeping compartments destroyed and flooded. Navy officials say the ship also had a big gash on the bottom. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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In this Sunday, June 18, 2017, photo, damaged USS Fitzgerald is docked at the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo after colliding with Philippine-flagged container ship ACX Crystal off Japan on Saturday. The 8,315-ton destroyer had its starboard side badly damaged, with a mechanical room and two sleeping compartments destroyed and flooded. Navy officials say the ship also had a big gash on the bottom. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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In this photo provided by Jocelyn Gecker, a helicopter flies over Moraga, Calif., as part of efforts Monday, June 19, 2017, to put out a grass fire that had burned through several acres behind Campolindo High School and was threatening homes. Contra Costa County fire officials say the blaze started Monday afternoon behind the high school. (Harrison Fuller via AP)
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In this Feb. 29, 2016, file photo, American student Otto Warmbier cries while speaking to reporters in Pyongyang, North Korea. Warmbier died Monday, June 19, 2017, relatives said in a statement. He arrived in Ohio on June 13, 2017, after being held for more than 17 months. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
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Illustration on responding to political rage by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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South Piute Agency firefighter Duke Fox prepares water boxes for drinking and other supplies to assist firefighters on the fire line at the Iron County Fairgrounds in Parawan, Utah, Monday, June 19, 2017, to put out a wildfire burning north of the southern Utah ski town of Brian Head. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Utah County firefighters get ready to roll out for the day on the fire line, Monday, June 19, 2017, to put out a wildfire burning north of the southern Utah ski town of Brian Head. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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From left, Twin Falls, Idaho, firefighters Tenli Bright and Kori Neiwirth get ready to roll out for the day on the fire line, Parawan, Utah, Monday, June 19, 2017. Utah firefighters were battling a wildfire Monday that shut down a highway and forced hundreds of people to flee a ski town as crews in New Mexico mop up another blaze amid scorching heat in the Southwest U.S. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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In this June 18, 2017, photo, helicopter crews put out hot spots as night falls in Utah. Firefighters in Utah were battling a wildfire Monday that shut down a highway and forced hundreds of people to flee a ski town as crews in New Mexico mop up another blaze amid scorching heat in the Southwest U.S. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Lolo Interagency Hotshot firefighter Martin Norman from Missoula, Mont. gets ready to roll out for the day with his crew of 20 firefighters on the fire line, Monday, June 19, 2017, in Parawan, Utah. Firefighters in Utah were battling a wildfire Monday that shut down a highway and forced hundreds of people to flee a ski town as crews in New Mexico mop up another blaze amid scorching heat in the Southwest U.S. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Firefighting crews get ready to roll out for the day on the fire line, Monday, June 19, 2017, to put out a wildfire burning north of the southern Utah ski town of Brian Head, Utah. Utah firefighters were battling a wildfire Monday that shut down a highway and forced hundreds of people to flee a ski town as crews in New Mexico mop up another blaze amid scorching heat in the Southwest U.S. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Firefighting crews get ready to roll out for the day on the fire line from base camp at the Iron County Fairgrounds, Monday, June 19, 2017. Utah firefighters were battling a wildfire Monday that shut down a highway and forced hundreds of people to flee a ski town as crews in New Mexico mop up another blaze amid scorching heat in the Southwest U.S. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Firefighting crews are served breakfast before they head out for the day on the fire line from the Iron County Fairgrounds in Parawan, Utah, Monday, June 19, 2017. Utah firefighters were battling a wildfire Monday that shut down a highway and forced hundreds of people to flee a ski town as crews in New Mexico mop up another blaze amid scorching heat in the Southwest U.S. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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A construction worker welds a steel awning in the heat of the afternoon sun on a building in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, June 19, 2017. A heatwave in the southwest and California is creating a public health hazard. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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Construction workers try to shade themselves from the direct sun while welding a steel awning on a building in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, June 19, 2017. A heatwave in the southwest and California is creating a public health hazard. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
