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Mourners seated in a section reserved for friends and family react during a memorial service Monday, July 1, 2013, in Prescott, Ariz., honoring the 19 firefighters killed battling a wildfire near Yarnell, Ariz., Sunday. The elite crew of firefighters was overtaken by the out-of-control blaze as they tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) Chris Carlson / AP
Carianne Sarvar, left, and Kathy Stapp, look over a makeshift memorial at the fire station Monday, July 1, 2013, in Prescott, Ariz., where an elite team of firefighters was based. Nineteen of the 20 members of the team were killed Sunday when a wildfire suddenly swept toward them in Yarnell, Ariz. Sarvar said her child attends the same daycare as one of the children of the fallen firefighters. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Patrick Breen) Patrick Breen / AP
Wendy Tollefsen pauses after laying flowers at a makeshift memorial outside the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew fire station, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. Tollefsen said she used to work out at the gym with several of the 19 firefighters who were killed when an out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group trained to battle the fiercest wildfires. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Julie Jacobson / AP
Prescott and other area department firefighters embrace during a memorial service, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz., The service was held for the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew firefighters who were killed Sunday, when an out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Julie Jacobson / AP
A couple embraces during a memorial service Monday, July 1, 2013, in Prescott, Ariz., honoring the 19 firefighters killed battling a wildfire near Yarnell, Ariz., Sunday. The elite crew of firefighters was overtaken by the out-of-control blaze as they tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) Chris Carlson / AP
Firefighters gather in an embrace to a standing ovation during a memorial service for 19 firefighters of the Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew that were killed battling a wildfire, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Tingle) Tom Tingle / AP
Marsha McKee and Stanley Nesheim react during a memorial service for 19 firefighters of the Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. McKee is the mother of one of the Hotshots who were killed by an out-of-control blaze near Yarnell, Ariz. on Sunday. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Julie Jacobson / AP
People cheer as the motorcade of President Barack Obama drives to the State House to meet with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, Monday, July 1, 2013, in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The president is traveling in Tanzania on the final leg of his three-country tour in Africa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Evan Vucci / AP
A photo of one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hot Shot crew members who was killed fighting a wild land fire near Yarnell, Ariz. on Sunday, sits at a makeshift memorial outside the crew's fire station, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. An out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group of firefighters trained to battle the fiercest wildfires, killing 19 members as they tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields. The disaster Sunday afternoon all but wiped out the 20-member Hotshot fire crew leaving the city's fire department reeling. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Julie Jacobson / AP
Toby Schultz pauses after laying flowers at the gate of the Granite Mountain Hot Shot Crew fire station, Monday, July 1, 2013, in Prescott, Ariz. An out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group of firefighters trained to battle the fiercest wildfires, killing 19 members as they tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields. The disaster Sunday afternoon all but wiped out the 20-member Hotshot fire crew leaving the city's fire department reeling. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Julie Jacobson / AP
A protester holds an Egyptian national flag as he and others attack the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in the Muqattam district in Cairo, Monday, July 1, 2013. Protesters stormed and ransacked the headquarters of President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood group early Monday, in an attack that could spark more violence as demonstrators gear up for a second day of mass rallies aimed at forcing the Islamist leader from power. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) Khalil Hamra / AP
A protester wraps himself with a Hong Kong colonial flag during a march in a downtown street at an annual pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong Monday, July 1, 2013. Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents demanded their widely disliked Beijing-backed leader resign and pressing for promised democratic reforms so they can choose their own top representative. The march is an annual event that underscores the growing gulf between Hong Kong and the mainland 16 years after the city ceased to be a British colony and came back under Beijing's control. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) Vincent Yu / AP
Opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi stand on railway bars during a protest outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 1, 2013. Egypt's military on Monday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Islamist president and his opponents to reach an agreement to "meet the people's demands" or it will intervene to put forward a political road map for the country and ensure it is carried out. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) Hassan Ammar / AP
Opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi wave national flags during a protest outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 1, 2013. Egypt's military on Monday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Islamist president and his opponents to reach an agreement to "meet the people's demands" or it will intervene to put forward a political road map for the country and ensure it is carried out. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) Hassan Ammar / AP
An opponent of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi holds a banner with Arabic that reads, "leave," during a protest outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 1, 2013. Egypt's military on Monday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Islamist president and his opponents to reach an agreement to "meet the people's demands" or it will intervene to put forward a political road map for the country and ensure it is carried out. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) Hassan Ammar / AP
Military helicopters fly with flags over the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 1, 2013. Egypt's military on Monday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Islamist president and his opponents to reach an agreement to "meet the people's demands" or it will intervene to put forward a political road map for the country and ensure it is carried out. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) Khalil Hamra / AP
In this photo released by the Egyptian Presidency Monday, July 1, 2013, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, right, meets with Prime Minister Hesham Kandil, center, and Egyptian Minister of Defense, Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, left in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's powerful military warned on Monday it will intervene if the Islamist president doesn't "meet the people's demands," giving him and his opponents two days to reach an agreement in what it called a last chance. Hundreds of thousands of protesters massed for a second day calling on Mohammed Morsi to step down.(AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency) Anonymous / AP
An Egyptian woman chants slogans, as protesters ransack the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in the Muqattam district in Cairo, Monday, July 1, 2013. Protesters stormed and ransacked the headquarters of President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood group early Monday, in an attack that could spark more violence as demonstrators gear up for a second day of mass rallies aimed at forcing the Islamist leader from power. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) Khalil Hamra / AP
Fireworks light the sky as opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi protest outside the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 1, 2013. Egypt's powerful military warned on Monday it will intervene if the Islamist president doesn't "meet the people's demands," giving him and his opponents two days to reach an agreement in what it called a last chance. Hundreds of thousands of protesters massed for a second day calling on Mohammed Morsi to step down. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) Khalil Hamra / AP
Antonio Lopez Chaj, a 43-year-old house painter, appears with his attorneys at a news conference in Los Angeles Monday, July 1, 2013. Lopez Chaj is so badly brain damaged for a beating in a bar that left him with half his skull permanently bashed in that he cannot speak. His lawyers announced he has been awarded a $58 million by a jury in Torrance Superior Court. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) Nick Ut / AP
Protesters pray during a demonstration against Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Monday, July 1, 2013. Egypt's powerful military warned on Monday it will intervene if the Islamist president doesn't "meet the people's demands," giving him and his opponents two days to reach an agreement in what it called a last chance. Hundreds of thousands of protesters massed for a second day calling on Mohammed Morsi to step down.(AP Photo/ Manu Brabo) Manu Brabo / AP
Opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi protest outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 1, 2013. Egypt's military on Monday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Islamist president and his opponents to reach an agreement to "meet the people's demands" or it will intervene to put forward a political road map for the country and ensure it is carried out. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) Hassan Ammar / AP
An Egyptian protester waves a national flag on a roof in Tahrir Square during a demonstration against Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, Monday, July 1, 2013. Egypt's powerful military warned on Monday it will intervene if the Islamist president doesn't "meet the people's demands," giving him and his opponents two days to reach an agreement in what it called a last chance. Hundreds of thousands of protesters massed for a second day calling on Mohammed Morsi to step down. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo) Manu Brabo / AP
Military helicopters fly over the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 1, 2013. Egypt's military on Monday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Islamist president and his opponents to reach an agreement to "meet the people's demands" or it will intervene to put forward a political road map for the country and ensure it is carried out. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) Hassan Ammar / AP
Military helicopters fly over the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 1, 2013. Egypt's military on Monday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Islamist president and his opponents to reach an agreement to "meet the people's demands" or it will intervene to put forward a political road map for the country and ensure it is carried out. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) Hassan Ammar / AP
The pack speeds downhill passing the Red Rocks near Piana during the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 145.5 kilometers (91 miles) with start in Ajaccio and finish in Calvi, Corsica island, France, Monday July 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani) Laurent Cipriani / AP
The pack speeds downhill passing the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Rocks near Piana during the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 145.5 kilometers (91 miles) with start in Ajaccio and finish in Calvi, Corsica island, France, Monday July 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani) Laurent Cipriani / AP
South African children play in a public park in Soweto township on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, July 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) Muhammed Muheisen / AP
The pack with Jan Bakelants of Belgium, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, and Spain's Alberto Contador, standing in blue and yellow, passes rock formations near Piana during the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 145.5 kilometers (91 miles) with start in Ajaccio and finish in Calvi, Corsica island, France, Monday July 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) Christophe Ena / AP
The pack passes rock formations near Piana during the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 145.5 kilometers (91 miles) with start in Ajaccio and finish in Calvi, Corsica island, France, Monday July 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) Christophe Ena / AP
Brazil's Neymar, center, lifts the trophy after winning the soccer Confederations Cup final between Brazil and Spain at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Victor Caivano) Victor Caivano / AP
A vendor who wished to remain unidentified sells San Francisco Chronicle newspapers outside of a closed entrance to the Glen Park Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in San Francisco, Monday, July 1, 2013. Early Monday, July 1, 2013, two of San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit's largest unions went on strike after weekend talks with management failed to produce a new contract. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) Jeff Chiu / AP
Somali policemen march during the Somalia's Independence Day, at Konis stadium in Mogadishu, Monday July 1, 2013, marking 53 years since the Southern regions of Somalia gained independence from Italy and joined with the Northern region of Somaliland to create Somalia. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) Farh Abdi Warsameh / AP
Australia's rugby captain James Horwill bodysurfs during a warm down session at Coogee Beach in Sydney Monday, July 1, 2013. Horwill will front a judicial hearing on Monday charged with stomping during the first test against the British Lions in Brisbane on June 22. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) Rob Griffith / AP
ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN - JULY 01: British Prime Minister David Cameron (L) pays his respects after laying a wreath at the Monument of the Motherland Defenders on July 1, 2013 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Cameron is visiting Kazakhstan as part of a trade mission; the first ever trip to the country by a serving British Prime Minister, after making an unannounced trip to visit troops in Afghanistan and meeting with the Prime Minister of Pakistan in Islamabad. (Photo by Leon Neal - Pool/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** Pool / Getty Images
A model wears a creation as part of Alexis Mabille's Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2013-2014 collection, presented Monday, July 1, 2013 in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) Francois Mori / AP
President Barack Obama, followed by first lady Michelle Obama, does a dance upon his arrival ceremony with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, right, Monday, July 1, 2013, at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The president is traveling in Tanzania on the final leg of his three-country tour in Africa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Evan Vucci / AP
A model wears a creation by fashion designer Raf Simons for Christian Dior's Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2014 collection, presented Monday, July 1, 2013 in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) Francois Mori / AP
Supporters of Pakistan's Sunni Tehreek rally to condemn the Taliban for attacking shrines, in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, July 1, 2013. Protesters also opposed the proposed dialogues with Taliban. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash) B.K. Bangash / AP
President Barack Obama and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete walk in front of first lady Michelle Obama and Tanzanian first lady Salma Kikwete greeting the cheering crowd as they arrive at the State House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Monday, July 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool) Carolyn Kaster / AP
George Zimmerman arrives for the 16th day of his trial in Seminole circuit court, in Sanford, Fla., Monday, July 1, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool) Joe Burbank / AP
Arab Idol Mohammed Assaf, left, kisses Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as he hands him a diplomatic Palestinian Authority passport during their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, July 1, 2013. Assaf, the 23-year-old from the Gaza Strip who won the popular pan-Arab song contest last month, met Abbas on Monday before performing in Ramallah. (AP Photo/Mohamad Torokman, Pool) Mohamad Torokman / AP
U.S. President Barack Obama shakes the hands of a line of women stationed to welcome his arrival at State House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Monday, July 1, 2013. Teeming crowds and blaring horns welcomed President Barack Obama to Tanzania's largest city, where the U.S. president's likeness is everywhere as he arrived on the last leg of his three-country tour of the African continent. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ben Curtis / AP
Julian Marsh, left, poses with his husband Tray Popov and their Yorkshire Terriers, Rosie, left, and Phoebe at their home, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Popov, who is a Bulgarian graduate student and Marsh, a U.S. citizen, are the first gay couple are the first gay couple in the nation to have their application for immigration benefits approved after the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriages, their lawyer says. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) Wilfredo Lee / AP
Grace Meier, right, watches her mother Sallee Taylor, center, and partner Andrea Taylor during a wedding ceremony in West Hollywood, Calif., Monday, July 1, 2013. The city of West Hollywood is offering civil marriage ceremonies for same-sex couples free of charge Monday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Jae C. Hong / AP
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JULY 01: Shana Krochmal (R) and Jessica Maxwell kiss after picking up thier marriage license from Beverly Hills Courthouse on July 1, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted California's ban on same-sex marriages just three days after the Supreme Court ruled that supporters of the ban, Proposition 8, could not defend it before the high court. California Gov. Jerry Brown ordered all counties in the state to begin issuing licenses immediately. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images
An anti-abortion supporter carries a cross as he enters the Texas capitol, Monday, July 1, 2013, in Austin, Texas. The Texas Senate has convened for a new 30-day special session to take up a contentious abortion restrictions bill and other issues. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Eric Gay / AP
Actress Lisa Edelstein pumps her fist as she attends a rally supporting abortion rights outside the Texas Capitol, Monday, July 1, 2013, in Austin, Texas. The Texas Senate has convened for a new 30-day special session to take up contentious abortion restrictions bill and other issues. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Eric Gay / AP
BEIRUT, LEBANON - JULY 01: A Syrian refugee family from the Deir el Zour, Syria pauses in their doorway in a neighborhood with a high concentration of Syrian refugees on July 01, 2013 in Beirut, Lebanon. Currently the Lebanese government officially hosts 546,000 Syrians with an estimated additional 500,000 who have not registered with the United Nations. Lebanon, a country of only 4 million people, is now home to the largest number of Syrian refugees who have fled the conflict. The situation is beginning to put a huge social and political strains on Lebanon as there is currently no end in sight to the war in Syria. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** Spencer Platt / Getty Images
TORONTO, CANADA - JULY 1: Jose Reyes #7 of the Toronto Blue Jays celebrates his solo hoem run in the third inning with Jose Bautista #19 during MLB game action against the Detroit Tigers on July 1, 2013 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** Tom Szczerbowski / Getty Images
BEIJING, CHINA - JULY 01: Basketball Player Joakim Noah in action with Han Shuo during the 2013 Yao Foundation Charity Game between China and the NBA Stars on July 1, 2013 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** Lintao Zhang / Getty Images
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 01: A mourner reacts after praying for Nelson Mandela outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where he is being treated for a lung infection on June 30, 2013 in Pretoria, South Africa. Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela recently said that the Nobel peace prize laureate's condition has shown 'great improvement' but he is still critically ill. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 01: A man prays for Nelson Mandela outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where he is being treated for a lung infection on June 30, 2013 in Pretoria, South Africa. Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela recently said that the Nobel peace prize laureate's condition has shown 'great improvement' but he is still critically ill. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images
Ocean City Detective Carl Perry, right center, consoles Officer Matt MacFarlane, left, Monday morning, July 1, 2013 on the beach in Ocean City, Md., after a plane crash Sunday that killed two people. (AP Photo/The Daily Times, Grant L. Gursky) Grant L. Gursky / AP
In this Sunday, June 30, 2013 photo released by Whitney Rufo, a woman holds her child as a plane crashes into the Atlantic Ocean with two off-duty police officers off the beach from Ocean City Md. Troopers say the plane took off from the Ocean City Municipal Airport between 3:30 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. Sunday. The destination is not known. Investigators believe Thomas J. Geoghegan Jr., who owned the single-engine Nanchang CJ-6A, was piloting it and 27-year-old Joshua D. Adickes, the lone passenger, was seated behind him. (AP Photo/Whitney Rufo) Whitney Rufo / AP
HONG KONG - JULY 01: Visitors hold and view army weapons during the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day holiday open day at the Ngong Shuen Chau Barracks of PLA on July 1, 2013 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day is celebrated every July 1st, in Hong Kong since 1997. (Photo by Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** Lam Yik Fei / Getty Images
HONG KONG - JULY 01: Thousands of protesters with umbrellas attend the march on July 1, 2013 in Hong Kong. Thousands of protesters march calling for universal suffrage and chanting slogans against Hong Kong Chief Executive C Y Leung when Typhoon Signal No. 3 is hoisted. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day is celebrated every July 1st, in Hong Kong since 1997. (Photo by Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** Lam Yik Fei / Getty Images
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 01: Sabine Lisicki of Germany celebrates match point during her Ladies' Singles fourth round match against Serena Williams of United States of America on day seven of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 1, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** Mike Hewitt / Getty Images
Andy Murray of Britain reacts during a Men's singles match against Mikhail Youzhny of Russia at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Monday, July 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP
Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts after defeating Tommy Haas of Germany during a Men's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Monday, July 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) Anja Niedringhaus / AP
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