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Firefighters from across Kansas and Oklahoma battle a wildfire near Protection, Kan., Monday, March 6, 2017. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle via AP)
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Firefighters from across Kansas and Oklahoma battle a wildfire near Protection, Kan., Monday, March 6, 2017. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle via AP)
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Firefighters from across Kansas and Oklahoma battle a wildfire near Protection, Kan., Monday, March 6, 2017. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle via AP)
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Alaska state health commissioner Valerie Davidson speaks during a news conference on Monday, March 6, 2017, in Juneau, Alaska, during which Alaska Gov. Bill Walker outlined legislation aimed at further addressing opioid abuse in Alaska. Also shown, from left, are Walker chief of staff Scott Kendall, Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott and Walker. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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Alaska Gov. Bill Walker speaks during a news conference in which he outlined legislation aimed at further addressing opioid abuse in the state on Monday, March 6, 2017, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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The Democratic response to Trump's speech (Illustration by Michael Ramirez for Creators Syndicate)
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In an undated photo provided by the Audubon Nature Institute, King Zulu, a white Bengal tiger, sits in his enclosure at the Audobon Zoo in New Orleans. Officials with the Audubon Nature Institute said that the 20-year-old male tiger was euthanized Sunday, March 5, 2017, after a "steep decline in health." (Audubon Nature Institute via AP)
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In this mage provided by NOAA shows some of the first images from it's new satellite that maps lightning. A new U.S. satellite is mapping lightning flashes worldwide from above, which should provide better warning about dangerous strikes. NOAA released the first images from a satellite launched last November that had the first lightning detector in geostationary orbit. It includes bright flashes from a storm that spawned tornadoes and hail in the Houston region on Valentine’s Day. (NOAA via AP)
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A scout sniper with the U.S. Marine Corps trains in Rabkut, Oman, on Feb. 19, 2017. (U.S. Marine Corps) ** FILE **
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, file photo, a Tyson Foods, Inc., truck is parked at a food warehouse in Little Rock, Ark. Tyson Foods said Monday, March 6, 2017, a strain of bird flu sickened chickens at a poultry breeder that supplies it with birds. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the 73,500 birds at the Lincoln County, Tenn., facility were destroyed and none of the birds from the flock will enter the food system. The H7 strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or HPAI, can be deadly for chickens and turkeys. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)
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In this Friday, March 3, 2017 photo, young visitors watch the female green green turtle nicknamed "Bank" swim in a pool at Sea Turtle Conservation Center n Chonburi Province, Thailand. Veterinarians operated Monday, March 6, 2017, on "Bank," removing less than 1,000 coins from the endangered animal. Her indigestible diet was a result of many tourists seeking good fortune tossing coins into her pool over many years in the eastern town of Sri Racha. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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In this Friday, March 3, 2017 photo, people watch the female green green turtle nicknamed "Bank" swim in a pool at Sea Turtle Conservation Center n Chonburi Province, Thailand. Veterinarians operated Monday, March 6, 2017, on "Bank," removing less than 1,000 coins from the endangered animal. Her indigestible diet was a result of many tourists seeking good fortune tossing coins into her pool over many years in the eastern town of Sri Racha. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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In this Friday, March 3, 2017 photo, the female green green turtle nicknamed "Bank" swims in a pool at Sea Turtle Conservation Center n Chonburi Province, Thailand. Veterinarians operated Monday, March 6, 2017, on "Bank," removing less than 1,000 coins from the endangered animal. Her indigestible diet was a result of many tourists seeking good fortune tossing coins into her pool over many years in the eastern town of Sri Racha. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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In this Friday, March 3, 2017 photo, the female green green turtle nicknamed "Bank" swims in a pool at Sea Turtle Conservation Center n Chonburi Province, Thailand. Veterinarians operated Monday, March 6, 2017, on "Bank," removing less than 1,000 coins from the endangered animal. Her indigestible diet was a result of many tourists seeking good fortune tossing coins into her pool over many years in the eastern town of Sri Racha. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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North Korea's Ambassador to Malaysia Kang Chol speaks to the media outside the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in this Feb. 20, 2017, file photo. Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says the expulsion of North Korea’s ambassador was to warn Pyongyang that they cannot manipulate Malaysia’s investigation into Kim Jong-nam’s murder. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)
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FILE - This May 23, 2016, file photo, shows the northernmost boundary of the proposed Bears Ears region, along the Colorado River, in southeastern Utah. President Barack Obama designated two national monuments Wednesday, Dec. 28, at sites in Utah and Nevada that have become key flash points over use of public land in the U.S. West. Utah lawmakers have backed a resolution urging the state to be prepared to sue the U.S. government if Washington leaders don't start handing over federal land to the state. Members of a House natural resources committee on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, approved the proposal, despite concern from one lawmaker that it could be costly and hurt the environment. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2015, file photo, the Wassataquoik Stream flows through Township 3, Range 8, Maine, on land owned by environmentalist Roxanne Quimby, the founder of Burts Bees. Maine Gov. Paul LePage has asked Republican President Donald Trump to undo Democratic former President Barack Obama’s designation of a national monument and give back the land that was donated for it. Burt’s Bees co-founder Roxanne Quimby’s foundation last August donated 87,000 acres to the federal government for the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine's North Woods. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
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FILE - In this March 14, 2011, file photo, Roxanne Quimby, the founder of Burt's Bees, poses next to white pine in Portland, Maine. Maine Gov. Paul LePage has asked Republican President Donald Trump to undo Democratic former President Barack Obama’s designation of a national monument and give back the land that was donated for it. Quimby’s foundation last August donated 87,000 acres to the federal government for the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine's North Woods. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
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FILE - In this July 15, 2016 file photo, traffic is backed up both going up and down the Mount Evans Scenic Byway just below the summit of Mount Evans near Idaho Springs, Colo. In a 2011 case, Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch was on a panel that found that the U.S. Forest Service could legally charge fees to visit the summit because it provided amenities like a nature center, which thousands of visitors use annually. The people who filed the lawsuit had argued that they should not have to pay to visit Mount Evans if they don’t use those services. Writing for the panel, Gorsuch said the fees were permissible, but left open the possibility that the fees could be challenged, just not the way the plaintiffs sought to. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Delegates leave the Great Hall of the People after attending the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing, Sunday, March 5, 2017. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged Sunday to make the country's smoggy skies blue again and "work faster" to address pollution caused by the burning of coal for heat and electricity. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
