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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, right, is welcomed by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike during a meeting at the Tokyo Metropolitan government building in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. Bach expressed willingness Tuesday to work with Tokyo officials to try to reduce spiraling cost estimates for the 2020 Summer Games. Bach arrived in Japan amid growing tension between Olympic organizers and recently elected Tokyo Gov. Koike’s push to cuts costs. He declined to discuss specific proposals, saying he only knew about them so far from media reports. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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This Nov. 5, 2015, photo shows a heavy earth mover building a sea wall on Majuro Atoll, Marshall. Rising seas in the Marshall Islands can be seen on many of the Atolls in the group as more coastline disappears and vegetation is washed away. The US military ignored warnings about rising seas to build a space radar costing nearly a billion dollars on a tiny atoll in the Marshall Islands. The Space Fence system is considered vital for keeping astronauts and satellites safe by tracking space junk as small as a baseball.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
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The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. Orbital ATK's sixth contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station is delivering over 5,100 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)
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Donald Trump supporters cheer during a campaign rally Oct. 14 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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A research study finds liberal bias in the media goes back decades. (Library of Congress)
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An unnamed, newborn eastern black rhino walks around with it's mother, Ayana, Monday Oct. 17, 2016, at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa. The endangered eastern black rhino mother gave birth to the female, 80-pound calf on Oct. 11, and is likely the first endangered rhino born in the state of Iowa, according zoo officials. “This is an extremely significant event — not only in Blank Park Zoo’s 50 year history, but also for this critically endangered animal species,” zoo CEO Mark Vukovich said. (Rodney White/The Des Moines Register via AP)
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Environmental and wildlife campaigners gather to march to the Chinese embassy in the capital Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. The protesters are angry that part of the Chinese-funded Nairobi to Mombasa railway line is due to cross the Nairobi National Park and surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Chris Allejo, the director of operations for the spaying and neutering program run by the animal welfare group Poi Dogs and Popoki, pets cats at feral cat colony near Honolulu on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. Conservationists are concerned about the number of feral cats roaming Hawaii because cat feces washing into the ocean can spread toxoplasmosis, which can be deadly for endangered Hawaiian monk seals. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)
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Air traffic controllers and pilots stand with their ultralight aircraft on the tarmac of the Mirim Air Club on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Until a few months ago, if you wanted a bird's eye view of North Korea's capital there was basically only one option: a 150-meter tall tower across the river from Kim Il Sung Square. With the support of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who has vowed to give North Koreans more modern and "cultured" ways to spend their leisure time, a Pyongyang flying club has started offering short flights over some of the capital's major sights. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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In this Sept. 30, 2016, photo, Solar Roadways founders Scott Brusaw, left, and Julie Brusaw display a one-third sized replica of one of their solar pavement panels at a news conference in Sandpoint, Idaho as Sandpoint mayor Shelby Rognstad looks on at right. Rognstad said the company is drawing visitors to the resort town. Solar Roadways recently unveiled its first public installation in a downtown plaza in the resort town of Sandpoint: about 150 square feet of hexagon-shaped solar panels that people can walk and bicycle on. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios)
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In this artist impression provided by the European Space Agency, ESA, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter , TGO, right, and its entry, descent and landing demonstrator module, Schiaparelli, center, approaching Mars. The separation is scheduled to occur on Sunday Oct. 16, 2016, about seven months after launch. Schiaparelli is set to enter the martian atmosphere on Oct. 19, 2016 while TGO will enter orbit around Mars. The probe will take images of Mars and conduct scientific measurements on the surface, but its main purpose is to test technology for a future European Mars rover. Schiaparelli's mother ship will remain in orbit to analyze gases in the Martian atmosphere to help answer whether there is or was life on Mars. (ESA ATG/medialab via AP)
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CORRECTS LOCATION OF FIRE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIFORNIA - Hand crews finish up work on the Emerald Fire along Highway 89, Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 on the southwest shores of Lake Tahoe. The blaze that burned about 200 acres northwest of South Lake Tahoe, California was one of three wind-whipped wildfires burning along the Sierra Nevada. The largest one destroyed more than 20 homes in a rural valley between Carson City and Reno, Nevada. (Randall Benton/The Sacramento Bee via AP)
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Florida State running back Jacques Patrick (9) picks up eleven yards against Wake Forest's Brad Watson, left, Cameron Glenn, bottom, and Marquel Lee in the first half of an NCAA college football game in Tallahassee, Fla., Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)
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In this Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 photo, an Orbital ATK Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus spacecraft is raised into the vertical position on launch Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 scheduled cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station would be the company’s first Antares launch since an explosion seconds after liftoff in 2014, which destroyed the rocket and space station supply ship, and damaged the launch complex. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)
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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, center left, walks with Haiti's Prime Minister Enex Jean-Charles after arriving at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016. Ban Ki-moon arrived to see firsthand a sliver of the extensive damage and destruction left by Hurricane Matthew. (AP Photo/Ben Finley)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Wednesday Oct. 5, 2016, photo, Phoenix School students take measurements of the water quality of Deer Creek in Roseburg, Ore. During the past five years, Phoenix School students have worked to restore Deer Creek, removing invasive plant species and planting native species in the area through a $78,653 grant. (Michael Sullivan/The News-Review via AP)
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This Sept. 28, 2016 photo shows the White Cliffs reflect off the Missouri river in Montana. It's been 40 years since Montana has added any Wild and Scenic Rivers, a point river advocates are trying to change and get the East Rosebud Creek added by year's end. (Kurt Wilson /The Missoulian via AP)
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U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R, right, prepares for a debate Friday, Oct. 13, 2016, with Democratic challenger Russ Feingold, a former U.S. senator, at the studios of WLUK Fox 11 in Green Bay, Wisc. (Sarah Kloepping /The Green Bay Press-Gazette via AP)
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Kentucky's Derek Willis shoots during the team's Big Blue Madness on Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/James Crisp)
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FILE - In this March 14, 2016, file photo, Anaheim Ducks center Rickard Rakell skates during an NHL hockey game against the New Jersey Devils in Anaheim, Calif. Rakell agreed to a six-year, $22.8 million deal Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, to stay with the Ducks. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
