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Roxanne White, right, a member of the Yakama Nation, sings during a protest inside a Chase bank branch Monday, May 8, 2017, in Seattle. Climate activists opposed to oil pipeline projects demonstrated at several JPMorgan Chase bank locations in Seattle on Monday, calling on the bank not to do business with TransCanada, the company pushing for the Keystone XL oil pipeline. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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A security officer and a bank employee stand at an entrance to prevent further entry as demonstrators behind them hold up a sign during a protest inside a downtown Chase bank branch Monday, May 8, 2017, in Seattle. Climate activists opposed to oil pipeline projects demonstrated at several JPMorgan Chase bank locations in Seattle on Monday, calling on the bank not to do business with TransCanada, the company pushing for the Keystone XL oil pipeline. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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As Seattle City Council member Mike O'Brien stands with protesters outside, second left, as demonstrators inside a Chase bank branch try to block off the entrance to the bank Monday, May 8, 2017, in Seattle. Climate activists opposed to oil pipeline projects demonstrated at several JPMorgan Chase bank locations in Seattle on Monday, calling on the bank not to do business with TransCanada, the company pushing for the Keystone XL oil pipeline. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Protesters Ramona Lawson, right, tries to keep a customer from a teller window during a demonstration inside a Chase bank branch Monday, May 8, 2017, in Seattle. Lawson was one of three protesters who later declined to leave the bank and were arrested. Climate activists opposed to oil pipeline projects demonstrated at several JPMorgan Chase bank locations in Seattle on Monday, calling on the bank not to do business with TransCanada, the company pushing for the Keystone XL oil pipeline. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Protester Peter Weston, center, is searched by police after being arrested for declining to leave a Chase bank branch where he had been demonstrating Monday, May 8, 2017, in Seattle. Climate activists opposed to oil pipeline projects demonstrated at several JPMorgan Chase bank locations in Seattle on Monday, calling on the bank not to do business with TransCanada, the company pushing for the Keystone XL oil pipeline. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Police officers inside look toward demonstrators outside a Chase bank branch Monday, May 8, 2017, in Seattle. Climate activists opposed to oil pipeline projects demonstrated at several JPMorgan Chase bank locations in Seattle on Monday, calling on the bank not to do business with TransCanada, the company pushing for the Keystone XL oil pipeline. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2017, file photo, a rainbow arc fills the sky and spreads across Elliott Bay and downtown Seattle between rain showers. The National Weather Service says the city has measured 44.67 inches of rain in the city between October 2016 and so far in April. That makes it the wettest such period since records began in 1895. Meteorologist Mike McFarland in the agency's Seattle office says it's the second year in the row that the city had topped the rainfall record for that 7-month period. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2017, file photo, pedestrians huddle under umbrellas as they walk past the Pike Place Market and in view of Elliot Bay, behind, in Seattle. The National Weather Service says the city has measured 44.67 inches of rain in the city between October 2016 and so far in April. That makes it the wettest such period since records began in 1895. Meteorologist Mike McFarland in the agency's Seattle office says it's the second year in the row that the city had topped the rainfall record for that 7-month period. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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FILE - In this 28, 2015 file photo, teenage environmental activists Wren Wagenbach, 14, second right, stands with her father, Mike Wagenbach, as they talk with former Seattle mayor Mike McGinn, left, before a rally in Seattle, Wash. McGinn announced on Monday, April 17, 2017, that he will challenge incumbent Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, who defeated McGinn in 2013. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, file)

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In this Feb. 16, 2017 photo, Chris Hansen, an investor hoping to build an arena to house a possible NBA basketball or NHL hockey franchise in Seattle's stadium district, poses for a photo in front of a drawing of a proposed design for his arena. Seattle is in the midst of an arena showdown with three groups putting forth proposals around two sites to build the possible future home for teams from in the NBA basketball and NHL hockey leagues. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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In this March 16, 2017 photo, Tim Leiweke, head of the Oak View Group, talks on his phone as he walks in front of KeyArena in Seattle. Leiweke is expected to submit a proposal for a renovation of KeyArena, which formerly was home to the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics. Seattle is in the midst of an arena showdown with three groups putting forth proposals around two sites to build the possible future home for teams from in the NBA basketball and NHL hockey leagues. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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In this March 16, 2017 photo, a pedestrian walks past KeyArena in Seattle. Tim Leiweke, head of the Oak View Group, is expected to submit a proposal for a renovation of KeyArena, which formerly was home to the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics. Seattle is in the midst of an arena showdown with three groups putting forth proposals around two sites to build the possible future home for teams from in the NBA basketball and NHL hockey leagues. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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This artist rendering provided by the Seattle Arena Group, shows a proposed new arena in Seattle, that could house an NBA basketball team and an NHL hockey team is shown with a round golden roof feature at lower right next to the existing NFL football CenturyLink Field and the MLB baseball Safeco Field. Seattle is in the midst of an arena showdown with three groups putting forth proposals around two sites to build the possible future home for teams from in the NBA basketball and NHL hockey leagues. (HOK Architecture/Seattle Arena Group via AP)

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This artist rendering provided by the Seattle Arena Group, shows a proposed design for the proposed new arena in Seattle, that could house an NBA basketball team and an NHL hockey team. Seattle is in the midst of an arena showdown with three groups putting forth proposals around two sites to build the possible future home for teams from in the NBA basketball and NHL hockey leagues. (HOK Architecture/Seattle Arena Group via AP)

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In this March 16, 2017 photo, Tim Leiweke, head of the Oak View Group, poses for a photo in front of KeyArena in Seattle. Leiweke is expected to submit a proposal for a renovation of KeyArena, which formerly was home to the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics. Seattle is in the midst of an arena showdown with three groups putting forth proposals around two sites to build the possible future home for teams from in the NBA basketball and NHL hockey leagues. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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FILE - In this Thursday, March 31, 2016, file photo, a driver for Uber Technologies Inc., arrives at an authorized customer pick up area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, in Seattle. A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, temporarily blocked the city's first-in-the-nation law allowing drivers of ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft to unionize over pay and working conditions. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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A worker finishes placing a banner while standing on a narrow ledge above a concrete wall where a massive tunnel machine is expected to break through the next day as it completes boring for the State Route 99 highway, Monday, April 3, 2017, under Seattle. Bertha, the machine digging a 1.75 mile tunnel under Seattle to replace a waterfront bridge with an underground roadway, is reaching the end of its journey. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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A worker stands on a ledge above a circular, five-foot deep concrete wall where a massive tunnel machine is expected to break through the next day as it completes boring for the State Route 99 highway, Monday, April 3, 2017, under Seattle. Bertha, the machine digging a 1.75 mile tunnel under Seattle to replace a waterfront bridge with an underground roadway, is reaching the end of its journey. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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A concrete-walled pit surrounds a circular, five-foot deep concrete wall where a massive tunnel machine is expected to break through the next day as it completes boring for the State Route 99 highway, Monday, April 3, 2017, under Seattle. Bertha, the machine digging a 1.75 mile tunnel under Seattle to replace a waterfront bridge with an underground roadway, is reaching the end of its journey. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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