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FILE- In this Dec. 15, 2016 file photo, demonstrators crowd the rotunda outside the House and Senate galleries during a special session at the North Carolina Legislature in Raleigh, N.C. As North Carolina’s political split widens, state business is increasingly being refereed with a judge’s gavel. There’s been a swarm of lawsuits filed as Democrats and their allies have turned to the courts to challenge laws approved by the Republican legislature. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
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Commerce Secretary-designate Wilbur Ross testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at his confirmation before the Senate Commerce Committee. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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In this Jan. 13, 2017, photo, Vince Pappas, owner of Stone Steel Corporation, poses for a photo in his warehouse in Baltimore. Small businesses can expect some high-profile Obama administration regulations to be scrapped after Donald Trump takes office, with rules affecting overtime, sick leave and the environment among those likely to be scrapped. Pappas estimates he spends about 10 hours a week studying the regulations his company must comply with, and deciding how to minimize the impact. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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This undated photo provided by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office shows Gloria Williams. Authorities say Williams, a woman arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a baby girl from a Florida hospital 18 years ago and raising her as her own daughter, is now being held in Jacksonville, Fla., and was booked Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. (Jacksonville Sheriff's Office via AP)
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CORRECTS FROM LEINA TO LIANA - In this 1988 photo, Russell Yates, of Warwick, R.I., holds a photo of his wife Elaine and daughters who went missing in 1985. Elaine Yates, living under the name Liana Waldberg in Houston, was arrested Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, charged with taking the children. She faces arraignment on a fugitive charge Wednesday in Rhode Island. (Providence Journal via AP)
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CORRECTS FROM LEINA TO LIANA- Russell Yates, whose wife Elaine and two daughters went missing in 1985, speaks in the doorway of his home Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Warwick, R.I. Elaine Yates, living under the name Liana Waldberg in Houston, was arrested Monday, charged with taking the children. She faces arraignment on a fugitive charge Wednesday in Rhode Island. (Glenn Osmundson/Providence Journal via AP)
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CORRECTS FROM LEINA TO LIANA- This booking photo released by the Harris County (Texas) Sheriff’s Office shows Elaine Yates. Two sisters who disappeared from Rhode Island with their mother Elaine Yates in 1985 have been located in the Houston area, and their mother was charged with snatching them, police announced Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. Yates, who had been living in Houston under the name Liana Waldberg, was arrested on Monday, Jan. 16, without incident and faces arraignment Wednesday in Rhode Island on a fugitive charge. (Harris County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
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Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes (10) shoots against Michigan's Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman (12) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin won 68-64. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)
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Michigan coach John Beilein disputes a call during the second half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Wisconsin on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Madison, Wis. At right is Moritz Wagner. Wisconsin won 68-64. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)
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Wisconsin's Zak Showalter (3) drives on Michigan's Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman (12) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin won 68-64. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)
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FILE - In this March 18, 1973, file photo, Albert DeSalvo, the self-confessed "Boston strangler," displays jewelry created while serving his sentence at Walpole State Prison in Walpole, Mass. Fifty years ago a judge sentenced DeSalvo, a factory worker who claimed he was the notorious Boston Strangler, but questions still swirl around DeSalvo's confession. (AP Photo/Bill Chaplis, File)
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FILE - In this May 8, 1963, file photo, Boston Police Detective James Mills inspects the apartment window of murder victim Beverly Samons at 4 University Road in Cambridge, Mass. Samans apparently was killed by the Boston Strangler. Fifty years ago a judge sentenced Albert DeSalvo, a factory worker who claimed he was the notorious Boston Strangler, but questions still swirl around DeSalvo's confession. (AP Photo/Frank Curtin, File)
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FILE - This May 8, 1963, file photo shows the apartment at 4 University Road in Cambridge, Mass., where the body of 26-year-old Beverly Samans, an apparent Boston Strangler victim, was found. Fifty years ago a judge sentenced Albert DeSalvo, a factory worker who claimed he was the notorious Boston Strangler, but questions still swirl around DeSalvo's confession. (AP Photo/Frank Curtin, File)
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Officers stand outside the emergency room at the Denton Regional Medical Hospital after a police detective, who was shot while responding to a report of an armed man outside a house, was taken to the hospital Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Denton, Texas. Little Elm Police Chief Rodney Harrison said Detective Jerry Walker died Tuesday at the hospital hours after the shooting. (Tomas Gonzalez/The Denton Record-Chronicle via AP)
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Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ignored President Obama's overtures. (Associated Press)
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Abbie Hoffman is arrested by police in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 3, 1968. (Associated Press)
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This booking photo released by the Harris County (Texas) Sheriff’s Office shows Elaine Yates. Two sisters who disappeared from Rhode Island with their mother Elaine Yates in 1985 have been located in the Houston area, and their mother was charged with snatching them, police announced Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. Yates, who had been living in Houston under the name Leina Waldberg, was arrested on Monday, Jan. 16, without incident and faces arraignment Wednesday in Rhode Island on a fugitive charge. (Harris County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
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FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2016, file photo, Judge William Pryor, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, moderates a panel discussion during the Federalist Society's National Lawyers Convention in Washington. President-elect Donald Trump has met with one of the judges on his short list for potential Supreme Court nominees, less than two weeks before he is expected to announce his choice for the nation’s highest court. Pryor met with Trump in New York on Jan. 14, said two people familiar with the meeting. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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Judge William Pryor, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, moderates a panel discussion during the Federalist Society's National Lawyers Convention in Washington in this Nov. 17, 2016, file photo. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
