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FILE - In this Tuesday, May 6, 2014, file photo, a vehicle moves past a sign outside Fiat Chrysler Automobiles world headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich. On Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, the U.S. government alleged that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles failed to disclose that software in some of its pickups and SUVs with diesel engines allows them to emit more pollution than allowed under the Clean Air Act. The Environmental Protection Agency said in a statement that it issued a "notice of violation" to the company that covers about 104,000 vehicles, including the 2014 through 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Ram pickups, all with 3-liter diesel engines. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2015, file photo, Ram pickup trucks are on display on the lot at Landmark Dodge Chrysler Jeep RAM in Morrow, Ga. On Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, the U.S. government alleged that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles failed to disclose that software in some of its pickups and SUVs with diesel engines allows them to emit more pollution than allowed under the Clean Air Act. The Environmental Protection Agency said in a statement that it issued a "notice of violation" to the company that covers about 104,000 vehicles, including the 2014 through 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Ram pickups, all with 3-liter diesel engines. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, file photo, 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokees appear on display at a Fiat Chrysler dealership in Doral, Fla. On Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, the U.S. government alleged that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles failed to disclose that software in some of its pickups and SUVs with diesel engines allows them to emit more pollution than allowed under the Clean Air Act. The Environmental Protection Agency said in a statement that it issued a "notice of violation" to the company that covers about 104,000 vehicles, including the 2014 through 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Ram pickups, all with 3-liter diesel engines. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
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With Russian River waters rising, Dustin Coupe of Guerneville talks with an operator via phone booth on River Road in Guerneville, Calif., Wednesday. Jan. 11, 2017. Dozens of Northern California residents have been rescued by boats and firetrucks from flooded homes near Hollister, California as a drought-busting series of storms moved out of the region. Days of rain and snow have toppled trees and forced people out of water-logged homes. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP)
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A resident of Guerneville, Calif., off River Road ties up a kayak to his property, as flood waters from the Russian River surround his home, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. Dozens of Northern California residents have been rescued by boats and firetrucks from flooded homes near Hollister, California as a drought-busting series of storms moved out of the region. Days of rain and snow have toppled trees and forced people out of water-logged homes. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP)
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In this Jan. 8, 2017 photo, Judeley Hans Debel, whose right leg is a prosthesis, plays an electric piano at his home in Petion-Ville, Haiti. Judeley was one of an estimated 4,000 to 6,000 people to undergo amputations after the powerful earthquake that devastated Haiti's capital seven years ago. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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In this Jan. 9, 2017 photo, Judeley Hans Debel, center, and his classmates joke around at school in Petion-Ville, Haiti. Judeley, who hopes to study medicine when he's older, had his right leg amputated at the age of 2 ½ after his mother freed him from the rubble of the 2010 earthquake. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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In this Jan. 8, 2017 photo, Judeley Hans Debel stands on his one leg, holding a portrait of himself when he was 1-year-old, at his home in Petion-Ville, Haiti. When Judeley was 2 ½, he was one of thousands of people to undergo amputations after the powerful earthquake that devastated Haiti's capital seven years ago. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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Then-Environmental Protection Agency Administrator (EPA) Gina McCarthy speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, to discuss Volkswagen emissions. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **
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Attorney General Loretta Lynch with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, announcing criminal and civil resolutions with Volkswagen. Volkswagen pleads guilty to 3 charges, will pay $4.3 billion penalty for emissions cheating and wide-ranging cover-up. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, left, with Attorney General Loretta Lynch, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, announcing criminal and civil resolutions with Volkswagen. Volkswagen pleads guilty to 3 charges, will pay $4.3 billion penalty for emissions cheating and wide-ranging cover-up. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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North Carolina's Joel Berry II (2) drives to the basket against Wake Forest during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Wake Forest's Doral Moore (4) dunks next to North Carolina's Theo Pinson (1) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Wake Forest's John Collins (20) shoots over North Carolina's Kennedy Meeks (3) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley greets lawmakers in the House chamber before delivering the State of the State at the South Carolina Statehouse Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)
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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, left, smiles with Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster, right, after delivering the state of the state in the House chamber at the South Carolina Statehouse Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)
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The Liaoning, China's sole aircraft carrier, held drills in the South China Sea before steaming through a restricted area in the strait between the mainland and Taiwan. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 file photo, a tree is seen after falling on resident Jeamean Redd's house on Brookdale Avenue in San Francisco. Drenching winter rains combined with the punishing effects of six years of drought are causing trees to topple across California, in some cases with deadly results. At least two people have been killed in the past month. (Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 26, 2016, file photo, health officials wearing protective suits carry a sack containing killed chickens after they were slaughtered at a chicken farm where a suspected case of bird flu was reported in Incheon, South Korea. The country is the throes of a spreading bird flu outbreak that has caused the death of about a third of its egg-laying flocks and has asked the United States for the first time to ship it shell eggs. (Yun Tae-hyun/Yonhap via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2016, file photo, customers look at eggs at a discount store in Seoul, South Korea, a day after government officials announced that millions of chickens would be culled because of an outbreak of bird flu. Because of the spreading bird flu outbreak, South Korea has asked the United States for the first time to ship it shell eggs. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
