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ADVANCE FOR WEDNESDAY AUG. 2, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this July 10, 2017 photo, more than 450 nanny goats and their kids that have been employed to help control invasive species of weeds on state-managed land at the Yellowtail Wildlife Management area south of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area near Lovell, Wyo. (Mark Davis/The Powell Tribune via AP)
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In this Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, photo, an Amazon employee sorts items brought to him by robotic shelves at the Amazon Fulfillment center in Robbinsville Township, N.J. Amazon is holding a giant job fair Wednesday, Aug. 2, and plans to make thousands of job offers on the spot at nearly a dozen U.S. warehouses. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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In this Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, photo, an Amazon employee pulls a dolly at the Amazon Fulfillment center in Robbinsville Township, N.J. Amazon is holding a giant job fair Wednesday, Aug. 2, and plans to make thousands of job offers on the spot at nearly a dozen U.S. warehouses. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun speaks at Tokyo American Club in Tokyo Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. The U.S. Olympic team will be based at the Tokyo American Club during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, USOC officials announced on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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In this April 21, 2017, file photo, former Vice President Al Gore participates in the "Unlocking Financing For Climate Action" session during the G20 at the 2017 World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington. Tangier Island mayor James "Ooker" Eskridge, an enthusiastic Trump supporter who is mayor of a Virginia island that's sinking into the Chesapeake Bay, will debate Gore on climate change during a CNN town hall that airs Tuesday, Aug. 1, at 9 p.m. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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In this May 27, 2017, file photo, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown speaks at a news conference in Portland, Ore. Gov. Brown is authorizing the Oregon National Guard to deploy soldiers to help deal with an influx of tourists during August's total solar eclipse. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)
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In this Saturday, July 29, 2017, photo provided by Kyuk Public Media, a gray whale killed in the Kuskokwim River is butchered and the meat and blubber distributed in Napaskiak, Alaska. Local residents in boats chased the massive animal, peppering it with gunfire and harpoons before it died and sunk to the bottom of the river, where it was later retrieved and cut up for distribution among Alaska Native villages. Federal officials are investigating what they say appears to be the unauthorized harvest of a gray whale. (Katie Basile/ KYUK Public Media via AP)
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In this Saturday, July 29, 2017, photo provided by Kyuk Public Media, a gray whale killed in the Kuskokwim River is butchered and the meat and blubber distributed in Napaskiak, Alaska. Local residents in boats chased the massive animal, peppering it with gunfire and harpoons before it died and sunk to the bottom of the river, where it was later retrieved and cut up for distribution among Alaska Native villages. Federal officials are investigating what they say appears to be the unauthorized harvest of a gray whale. (Katie Basile/ KYUK Public Media via AP)
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Bishop Terrell, of Little Rock, Ark., works on a highway sign at the Arkansas Department of Transportation's maintenance area in Little Rock on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Legislators authorized 75 mph speed limits under a state law that took effect Tuesday, but highway officials say engineers must study road designs and traffic patterns before allowing speeds above 70 mph. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)
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Arkansas Department of Transportation spokesman Danny Straessle props up a 70 mph sign inside the agency's sign shop in Little Rock on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Legislators authorized 75 mph speed limits under a state law that took effect Tuesday, but highway officials say engineers must study road designs and traffic patterns before allowing speeds above 70 mph. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)
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In this April 21, 2017, file photo, former Vice President Al Gore participates in the "Unlocking Financing For Climate Action" session during the G20 at the 2017 World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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FILE- In this April 3, 2013, file photo, Tangier Island Mayor James "Ooker" Eskridge drives his boat to town on Tangier Island, Va. Eskridge, an enthusiastic Trump supporter who is mayor of a Virginia island that's sinking into the Chesapeake Bay, will debate former Vice President Al Gore on climate change during a CNN town hall that airs Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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FILE - In this July 16, 2004, file photo, a gray wolf is seen at the Wildlife Science Center in Forest Lake, Minn. A federal appeals court Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, retained federal protection for gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region, ruling that the government acted prematurely when it dropped them from the endangered species list. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella, File)
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FILE - In this April 27, 2016, file photo, Richard Sawyer, Jr., tosses back an undersized lobster while fishing on Long Island Sound off Groton, Conn. A vote is expected Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission on a plan to try to slow the decline of southern New England's lobster population with new fishing restrictions. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
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FILE - In this April 28, 2009 file photo, smog covers downtown Los Angeles. Attorneys general from 15 states and the District of Columbia are suing over the Trump administration’s delay of Obama-era rules reducing emissions of smog-causing air pollutants. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
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This July 31, 2017 photo shows a no swimming sign in one of numerous large pools of water that have formed on the beach in Margate N.J. due to heavy rains. The water is blocked from draining into the ocean by new sand dunes being built as part of a storm protection program that Margate residents vigorously fought, claiming that the dunes would cause exactly the type of standing water that has occurred. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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Beachgoers cross over one of numerous large pools of water that have formed on the beach in Margate N.J. due to heavy rains, Monday July 31, 2017. The water is blocked from draining into the ocean by new sand dunes being built as part of a storm protection program that Margate residents vigorously fought, claiming that the dunes would cause exactly the type of standing water that has occurred. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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Beachgoers cross over one of numerous large pools of water that have formed on the beach in Margate N.J. due to heavy rains Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. The water is blocked from draining into the ocean by new sand dunes being built as part of a storm protection program that Margate residents vigorously fought, claiming that the dunes would cause exactly the type of standing water that has occurred. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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Beachgoers cross over one of numerous large pools of water that have formed on the beach in Margate N.J. due to heavy rains Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. The water is blocked from draining into the ocean by new sand dunes being built as part of a storm protection program that Margate residents vigorously fought, claiming that the dunes would cause exactly the type of standing water that has occurred. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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Beachgoers cross over one of numerous large pools of water that have formed on the beach in Margate N.J. due to heavy rains Monday July 31, 2017. The water is blocked from draining into the ocean by new sand dunes being built as part of a storm protection program that Margate residents vigorously fought, claiming that the dunes would cause exactly the type of standing water that has occurred. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
