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In an April 19, 2017 photo, Lannie Troon, right, leads the Milton United Methodist Church handbell choir in a practice at the church in Milton, Wis. The handbell choir is one of three that will perform at the fifth annual community handbell concert at Milton's Seventh Day Baptist Church on Sunday, April 30, that's open to the public. (Anthony Wahl/The Janesville Gazette via AP)

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In an April 19, 2017 photo, the Milton United Methodist Church handbell choir runs through several of the their songs during a practice in Milton, Wis. The handbell choir is one of three that will perform at the fifth annual community handbell concert at Milton's Seventh Day Baptist Church on Sunday, April 30, that's open to the public. ( Anthony Wahl/The Janesville Gazette via AP)

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Seen in an April 19, 2017 photo, bells will ring in the sanctuary of Milton's Seventh Day Baptist Church on Sunday, April 30, when the church hosts bell choirs from three Milton churches. The public is welcome to the fifth annual community handbell concert. (Anthony Wahl/The Janesville Gazette via AP)

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In an April 19, 2017 photo, Lannie Troon, front, leads the Milton United Methodist Church handbell choir in a practice at the church in Milton, Wis. The handbell choir is one of three that will perform at the fifth annual community handbell concert at Milton's Seventh Day Baptist Church on Sunday, April 30, that's open to the public. (Anthony Wahl/The Janesville Gazette via AP)

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In an April 19, 2017 photo, Evie Miller hits her note while practicing with the Milton United Methodist Church handbell Choir for an upcoming concert in Milton, Wis. The handbell choir is one of three that will perform at the fifth annual community handbell concert at Milton's Seventh Day Baptist Church on Sunday, April 30, that's open to the public. (Anthony Wahl/The Janesville Gazette via AP)

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Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Department of Civil Aviation, CEO and Chairman of The Emirates Group talks with the journalists during the Arabian Travel Market Exhibition, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The chairman and CEO of Dubai’s long-haul carrier Emirates says he “can’t dig into somebody’s mind” to understand why the U.S. instituted a ban on laptops and other personal electronics in carry-on luggage from 10 cities in Muslim-majority countries. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

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Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Department of Civil Aviation, CEO and Chairman of The Emirates Group talks with the journalists during the Arabian Travel Market Exhibition, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The chairman and CEO of Dubai’s long-haul carrier Emirates says he “can’t dig into somebody’s mind” to understand why the U.S. instituted a ban on laptops and other personal electronics in carry-on luggage from 10 cities in Muslim-majority countries. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2005, file photo, Notre Dame philosophy professor Alvin Plantinga speaks at a seminar in South Bend, Ind. Plantinga, whose writings over half a century made belief in god or a divine reality a serious option within academic philosophy, was announced Tuesday, April 25, 2017, as the winner of the 2017 Templeton Prize, by the John Templeton Foundation. Plantinga taught at Notre Dame for 18 years until retiring in 2010. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond, File)

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San Francisco Giants third baseman Christian Arroyo throws out Los Angeles Dodgers' Yasmani Grandal at first base after a ground ball during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Monday, April 24, 2017, in San Francisco . (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Conservative author Ann Coulter (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Actor Christian Bale stars as reporter Chris Myers in the "The Promise," released April 21, 2017. (YouTube, "The Promise" official trailer) ** FILE **

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In this Wednesday, April 19, 2017, photo, Bishop Karen Oliveto poses for a photo in the sanctuary of a United Methodist Church in Highlands Ranch, Colo. The top court in the United Methodist Church on Tuesday, April 25, will consider whether the election of Oliveto, the first openly lesbian Methodist bishop, violated church law barring clergy who are ``self-avowed practicing homosexuals.’’ (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, right, greets U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis at his residence, the Sea Palace, in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, April 22, 2017. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)

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In this Tuesday, April 18, 2017 photo, Jewish World War II veterans Chaim Erez, left, Zvi Kan-Tor, center, and Yitzhak Arad stand during an interview with The Associated Press inside the unfinished museum honoring Jewish World War II veterans, in Latrun, Israel. Two years after Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to complete the establishment of a museum honoring Jewish World War II veterans, funds have dried up and an abandoned construction site is all that remains of the project. The story of the 1.5 million Jews who fought the Nazis -- and the 250,000 who died in battle -- has long been lost in Israel amid the larger tragedy of the Holocaust. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, APRIL 23 - In this April 15, 2017 photo, Betsy Till, a Wahlert Catholic High School senior, was born with one leg shorter than the other and has gone through more than a dozen surgeries to correct the problem, poses in Dubuque, Iowa. (Eileen Meslar/Telegraph Herald via AP)

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Crystal Palace's Christian Benteke celebrates scoring against Liverpool during the English Premier League soccer match at Anfield, Liverpool, Sunday April 23, 2017. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

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Crystal Palace's Christian Benteke celebrates scoring his side's first goal of the game against Liverpool with Mamadou Sakho, right, during the English Premier League soccer match at Anfield in Liverpool, England, Sunday April 23, 2017. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)