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Los Angeles Angels' Albert Pujols throws his bat after hitting a three-run home run off Houston Astros starting pitcher Joe Musgrove in the fifth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, April 18, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)

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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visits the main shrine of Sensoji Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Tuesday, April 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

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In a Monday, April 17, 2017 photo, more than 400 people march to the front of St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kan., in hopes of keeping the doors to St. Francis Hospital open. The owner of St.Francis, a nonprofit Catholic hospital in Topeka, said Tuesday that it will stop operating the facility this summer, whether or not it finds a buyer, and that Kansas' refusal to expand state health coverage for the needy contributed to the hospital's financial troubles. (Keith Horinek/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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Pastor Jon Bruss of St. John's Lutheran Church gives the prayer along with Anna Munns, at the candle light vigil held at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kan., on Monday, April 17, 2017, in hopes of keeping the doors to St. Francis Hospital open. The owner of St.Francis, a nonprofit Catholic hospital in Topeka, said Tuesday that it will stop operating the facility this summer, whether or not it finds a buyer, and that Kansas' refusal to expand state health coverage for the needy contributed to the hospital's financial troubles. (Keith Horinek/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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This undated photo provided by the Fresno Police Department shows Kori Ali Muhammad, 39, who was arrested shortly after a shooting rampage outside a Catholic Charities building, in Fresno, Calif, on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Muhammad is believed to have shot and killed three people on the streets of downtown Fresno on Tuesday, shouting "God is great" in Arabic during at least one of the slayings and later telling police that he hates white people, authorities said. (Fresno Police Department via AP)

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Francois Fillon, right, former French Prime Minister, member of the Republicans political party and 2017 French presidential election candidate of the French centre-right, is greeted by supporters as he arrives to attend a campaign rally in Lille, France, Tuesday, April 18, 2017. (Christian Hartmann/Pool photo via AP)

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This image released by Open Road Films shows Charlotte Le Bon, left, and Christian Bale in a scene from "The Promise." (Jose Haro/Open Road Films via AP)

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This undated photo provided by the Honolulu Police Department shows Yu Wei Gong. Gong, accused of killing his mother and stuffing her body parts in a freezer, is asking for a Mandarin interpreter for his next court date. Gong didn't speak during a brief court hearing Monday, April 17, 2017. (Honolulu Police Department via AP)

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This image released by Open Road Films shows Charlotte Le Bon, right, and Christian Bale in a scene from "The Promise." (Jose Haro/Open Road Films via AP)

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This image released by Open Road Films shows Charlotte Le Bon, from left, Oscar Isaac and Christian Bale in a scene from "The Promise." (Jose Haro/Open Road Films via AP)

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This image released by Open Road Films shows Christian Bale, left, and Oscar Isaac in a scene from "The Promise." (Jose Haro/Open Road Films via AP)

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In this photo taken Jan. 26, 2016, the empty playground at Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Mo. Justice Neil Gorsuch's first week hearing Supreme Court arguments features a case that's giving school choice advocates hope for an easier use of public money for private, religious schools in dozens of states. The long-delayed argument Wednesday, April 19, 2017, deals with whether Missouri should pay for a soft surface at the church playground. (Annaliese Nurnberg/Missourian via AP)

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In this photo taken Jan. 26, 2016, the empty playground at Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Mo. Justice Neil Gorsuch's first week hearing Supreme Court arguments features a case that's giving school choice advocates hope for an easier use of public money for private, religious schools in dozens of states. The long-delayed argument Wednesday, April 19, 2017, deals with whether Missouri should pay for a soft surface at the church playground. (Annaliese Nurnberg/Missourian via AP)

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In this photo taken Jan. 26, 2016, the empty playground at Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Mo. Justice Neil Gorsuch's first week hearing Supreme Court arguments features a case that's giving school choice advocates hope for an easier use of public money for private, religious schools in dozens of states. The long-delayed argument Wednesday, April 19, 2017, deals with whether Missouri should pay for a soft surface at the church playground. (Annaliese Nurnberg/Missourian via AP)

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In this Saturday, April 15, 2017, photo, a table is covered with a white tablecloth which was representing the tomb in which Christ was buried, during the Easter Rock at Original True Light Baptist Church in Winnsboro, La. The public was invited to attend the annual Easter vigil ceremony, Rocking to a Risen Savior, at the old plantation church Saturday. (Hannah Baldwin/The News-Star via AP)

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In this Saturday, April 15, 2017, photo, members of the Winnsboro Easter Rock hold kerosene lanterns as they wait to enter the sanctuary of Original True Light Baptist Church to perform the Easter Vigil ritual in Winnsboro, La. The public was invited to attend the annual Easter vigil ceremony, Rocking to a Risen Savior, at the old plantation church Saturday. (Hannah Baldwin/The News-Star via AP)

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In this Saturday, April 15, 2017, photo, a man wathes the procession during the Easter Rock at Original True Light Baptist Church in Winnsboro, La. The public was invited to attend the annual Easter vigil ceremony, Rocking to a Risen Savior, at the old plantation church Saturday. (Hannah Baldwin/The News-Star via AP)

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In this Saturday, April 15, 2017, photo, Nikiya Pleasant sings as she participates in the procession during the Easter Rock at Original True Light Baptist Church in Winnsboro, La. The public was invited to attend the annual Easter vigil ceremony, Rocking to a Risen Savior, at the old plantation church Saturday. (Hannah Baldwin/The News-Star via AP)

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In this Saturday, April 15, 2017, photo, Hattie Addison Burkhalter carries the banner during the Easter Rock at Original True Light Baptist Church in Winnsboro, La. The public was invited to attend the annual Easter vigil ceremony, Rocking to a Risen Savior, at the old plantation church Saturday. (Hannah Baldwin/The News-Star via AP)