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FILE - In this May 31, 2016 file photo, journalists stand outside the headquarters of the Argentine Football Association, AFA, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentine soccer is going through a major crisis with several teams not having payed its players salaries in months and with the continuation of the 2017 soccer tournament having stopped for lack of funds. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)
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Damaged and destroyed homes lie in a small subdivision in Perryville, Mo., on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, the morning after a tornado struck the area. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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Debris marks the site of a home in a small subdivision in Perryville, Mo., on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, the morning after a tornado struck the area. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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Debris marks the spots Wednesday, March 1, 2017, where Tuesday's tornado destroyed homes in Perryville, Mo. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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In this Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, file photo, health workers in full protective gear collect dead chickens killed by using carbon dioxide, after bird flu was found in some birds at a wholesale poultry market in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, file)
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An uprooted tree rests against St. Mary's Church after a storm moved through Naplate, Ill., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Tornadoes touched down in the upper Midwest and northern Arkansas on Tuesday. (Chris Yucus/NewsTribune via AP)
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Jeremy Gossett, right, and Mathew McBee, center, help escort a woman and her dog to a fire truck following a tornado in Naplate, Ill., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Tornadoes touched down in the upper Midwest and northern Arkansas on Tuesday. (Chris Yucus/NewsTribune via AP)
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Debris rest on the ground after a storm moved through Naplate, Ill., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Tornadoes touched down in the upper Midwest and northern Arkansas on Tuesday. (Chris Yucus/NewsTribune via AP)
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A firefighter removes fallen tree branches from the road in Ottawa, Ill., on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Tornadoes touched down in the upper Midwest and northern Arkansas on Tuesday, in a spring-like storm system. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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Firefighters stand near a home that was damaged during a storm in Ottawa, Ill., on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Tornadoes touched down in the upper Midwest and northern Arkansas on Tuesday, in a spring-like storm system. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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Emergency crews work the site where several structures were heavily damaged in downtown Naplate, Ill., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has activated the state's emergency operations center as local officials reported damage from tornados spawned by a late-winter storm system. (Allen Cunningham/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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Part of a tree rests on a home after it was damaged during a storm in Ottawa, Ill., on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Tornadoes touched down in the upper Midwest and northern Arkansas on Tuesday, in a spring-like storm system. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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Firefighters work the site of a damaged area in Ottawa, Ill., after a tornado moved through the area Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has activated the state's emergency operations center as local officials reported damage from tornados spawned by a late-winter storm system. (Allen Cunningham/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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Florida Panthers' Aleksander Barkov (16) scores against Carolina Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward (30) during the shootout in an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Sunrise, Fla. The Panthers defeated the Hurricanes 3-2. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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State Sen. Terrence Murphy speaks to Richard L. Kauffman, Chairman of Energy and Finances for New York during a joint legislative hearing on the the planned closing of the Indian Point Power Plant on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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Richard L. Kauffman, Chairman of Energy and Finances for New York state gives testimony during a joint legislative hearing on the the planned closing of the Indian Point Power Plant on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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Richard L. Kauffman, Chairman of Energy and Finances for New York ,left, and Audrey Zibelman, Chairman of New York State Public Service Commission speaks to a joint legislative hearing on the planned closing of the Indian Point Power Plant on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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In this Feb. 14, 2017 photo, a rooftop is covered with solar panels at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York. The Manhattan skyline is at top. State officials said new and future investments in renewable energy projects, similar to the Navy Yard facility, will help compensate for the loss of power generation with the closure of the Indian Point nuclear power plant. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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In this Jan. 15, 2017 photo, large energy producing wind turbines in the Noble Ellenburg Windpark tower above a farmhouse in Ellenburg, N.Y. State officials said new and future investments in renewable energy projects, similar to the wind turbine project, will help compensate for the loss of power generation with the closure of the Indian Point nuclear power plant. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Richard L. Kauffman, Chairman of Energy and Finances for New York state gives testimony during a joint legislative hearing on the the planned closing of the Indian Point Power Plant on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
