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FILE- In this Feb. 28, 2017 file photo, officials inspect Oroville Dam's crippled spillway in Oroville, Calif. A team of experts is warning of a "very significant risk" if the main spillway of the California dam is not operational again by the next rainy season. The warning is contained in a report obtained Wednesday, March 22 by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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In this March 21, 2017, photo, people look at cars at SpeedVegas, Tuesday, March 21, 2017, in Las Vegas. An employee driving instructor is balking at signing a document declaring the tourist-oriented exotic auto racing track is safe, and is asking a state court judge to close the track and order a redesign. Two people were killed in a crash at the track in February. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Emergency services on Westminister Bridge after a policeman was stabbed and his apparent attacker shot by officers, and in a separate incident a car drove into a pedestrian on nearby Westminster Bridge, in a major security incident near to the Houses of Parliament in London, Wednesday March 22, 2017. Authorities said they were treating the attack as a "terrorist incident until we know otherwise." (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP)
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In this Tuesday, March 7, 2017 photo, BeeHive Homes resident Mary Tyson, left, pets Lucy during a visit with her owner Alexandra Burnham at the Beehive Homes in Farmington, N.M. (Jon Austria /The Daily Times via AP)
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In this Tuesday, March 7, 2017 photo, resident Irma Porter pets Lucy as she and her owner Alexandra Burnham visit residents at the Beehive Homes in Farmington, N.M. (Jon Austria /The Daily Times via AP)
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Schoolchildren wait to perform during the inauguration ceremony of a water filtration tower at their school in Nai Basti Village, some 55 kilometers (35 miles) from in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. In Nai Bastti access to clean drinking water was a dream for the villagers till Wednesday, when the water filtration plant began functioning in an elementary school in the village. India has the world's highest number of people without access to clean water. UNICEF says nearly 78 million Indians - about 5 percent of the country's 1.3 billion population - must make do with contaminated water sources or buy water at high rates. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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Schoolchildren look at a drone camera during the inauguration ceremony of a water filtration tower at their school in Nai Basti Village, some 55 kilometers (35 miles) from in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. In Nai Bastti access to clean drinking water was a dream for the villagers till Wednesday, when the water filtration plant began functioning in an elementary school in the village. India has the world's highest number of people without access to clean water. UNICEF says nearly 78 million Indians - about 5 percent of the country's 1.3 billion population - must make do with contaminated water sources or buy water at high rates. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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Indians sit on a two-wheeler and talk as water from a bore well irrigates their field on the World Water Day on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. India has the world's highest number of people without access to clean water. UNICEF says nearly 78 million Indians - about 5 percent of the country's 1.3 billion population - must make do with contaminated water sources or buy water at high rates. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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Colorado Avalanche right wing Rene Bourque, right, flips the puck in the air as St. Louis Blues defenseman Joel Edmundson covers in the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 21, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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St. Louis Blues left wing Jaden Schwartz, front, takes a shot after getting hit by Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon in the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 21, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon, left, tries to stop and pick up the puck as St. Louis Blues defenseman Colton Parayko covers in the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 21, 2017, in Denver. The Blues won 4-2. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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St. Louis Blues defenseman Colton Parayko, left, checks Colorado Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson into he boards as they battle for the puck in the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 21, 2017, in Denver. The Blues won 4-2. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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St. Louis Blues left wing Magnus Paajarvi, left, of Sweden, fights for control of the puck with Colorado Avalanche left wing J.T. Compher in the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 21, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Calgary Flames goalie Brian Elliott (1) lets in a goal scored by Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin in front of left wing Marcus Johansson (90) and Calgary Flames defenseman Michael Stone (26) during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, March 21, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
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Illustration on Kim's North Korea by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2015 file photo, a worker covers his face to avoid rising dust at a coal-fired power plant, partially financed by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, under construction in Kudgi, India. Led by cutbacks in China and India, construction of new coal-fired power plants is falling worldwide, improving chances climate goals can be met despite earlier pessimism, three environmental groups said Wednesday, March 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)
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A late-season snowstorm killed many of the cherry blossom buds along the Tidal Bason, but the National Park Service is hopeful surviving younger buds may still bloom during the upcoming National Cherry Blossom Festival. (Associated Press)
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In this March 20, 2017 photo released by Mahaska County Sheriff's Office, burned damage on the pipeline at an above-ground safety valve site southeast of Des Moines near Oskaloosa, Iowa is seen. Authorities in South Dakota and Iowa on Tuesday confirmed incidents of vandalism against the Dakota Access oil pipeline in which someone burned a hole through an empty section of pipe. (Mahaska County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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FILE - In this April 13, 2010 file photo, emergency ministry workers stand near the wreckage at the site of the plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski in Smolensk, western Russia. Poland's government is accusing European Council President Donald Tusk of betraying national interests and bowing to Moscow in the investigation of the 2010 plane crash in Russia that killed Kaczynski and 95 others. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, File)
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Firefighters fight an eight-alarm fire that began at an apartment complex under construction and than spread to several nearby homes Monday, March 20, 2017, in Overland Park, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
