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Fire officials stand at the scene of an early morning house fire in Baltimore, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. A woman and several children in the house were injured and multiple other children in the family are unaccounted for, a fire official said Thursday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Tyrone Sanders the father of, 26-year-old Tywanza speak to the media after the death sentence hearing for Dylann Roof on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 in Charleston, S.C. (Leroy Burnell/The Post And Courier via AP)
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Polly Sheppard leaves the Federal Court House in Charleston, S.C., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, after the death sentence hearing for Dylann Roof .Polly was one of the two survivors of the Emanuel AME massacre. (Leroy Burnell/The Post And Courier via AP)
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Bruce Chamberlin, on a visit from Washington, D.C., pays respects at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. One by one, family members of nine slain black parishioners confronted Dylann Roof for the last time Wednesday, shouting at him, offering forgiveness and even offering to visit him in prison as he awaits execution for the slaughter. (Wade Spees/The Post And Courier via AP)
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Rose Simmons, the daughter of Rev. Daniel Simmons, Sr., poses with a photograph of her father outside of U.S. District Court in Charleston, S.C., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, hours after Judge Richard Gergel formally confirmed jurors on Tuesday sentenced Dylann Roof to death. Simmons said Roof killed her father and eight others at Emanuel AME Church on June 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz)
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Family of the late Daniel Simmons Sr., Rose Simmons, left, daughter, former wife Annie Simmons and son Daniel L.Simmons,Jr. speak to the media after the death sentence hearing for Dylann Roof on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 in Charleston, S.C..(Leroy Burnell/The Post And Courier via AP)
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The Rev. Eric Manning, pastor at Emanuel AME, leaves the Federal Court House after the death sentence hearing for Dylann Roof on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 in Charleston, S.C. (Leroy Burnell/The Post And Courier via AP)
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Tricia Dennis and Orlando city commissioner Regina Hill, far left, pay their respects at a makeshift memorial to honor an Orlando police sergeant killed Monday at the parking lot of a Wal-Mart store and an Orange County Sheriff's Office deputy before a candlelight vigil at the store in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
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FILE- This undated file photo provided by the United States Attorney's office in Chicago, shows Paris Poe's back tattoo that reads "The Earth Is Our Turf", and Hobo. Poe was one of six defendants that were on trial for racketeering and other charges. Body art has played a role in a surprising number of criminal cases nationwide, though legal experts concede that tattoos by themselves are rarely a deciding factor in convictions. (United States Attorney's office in Chicago via AP, File)
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FILE- In this Dec. 4, 2009, file photo, John Allen Ditullio Jr. sits in court in New Port Richey, Fla. Body art has played a role in a surprising number of criminal cases nationwide, though legal experts concede that tattoos by themselves are rarely a deciding factor in convictions. In Florida, a judge decided that the court should pay a makeup artist to cover up a swastika tattoo on the neck of Ditullio, a self-described neo-Nazi accused of stabbing his neighbor and killing a friend of his neighbor’s son. (Brendan Fitterer/Tampa Bay Times via AP, File)
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FILE- In this Dec. 27, 2016, file photo, former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez appears in Suffolk Superior Court for a pretrial hearing before Judge Jeffrey Locke in Boston. Hernandez, who is serving a life sentence for a 2013 murder, is scheduled to go on trial in Feb 13, 2017, for the murder of two men in a 2012 drive-by shooting. Body art has played a role in a surprising number of criminal cases nationwide, though legal experts concede that tattoos by themselves are rarely a deciding factor in convictions. (Josh Reynolds/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool, File)
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Then-Environmental Protection Agency Administrator (EPA) Gina McCarthy speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, to discuss Volkswagen emissions. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **
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Attorney General Loretta Lynch with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, announcing criminal and civil resolutions with Volkswagen. Volkswagen pleads guilty to 3 charges, will pay $4.3 billion penalty for emissions cheating and wide-ranging cover-up. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Attorney General Loretta Lynch, center, with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, Acting Deputy Secretary Russell Deyo for the Department of Homeland Security, and FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, speak during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, announcing criminal and civil resolutions with Volkswagen. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Attorney General Loretta Lynch. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, left, with Attorney General Loretta Lynch, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, announcing criminal and civil resolutions with Volkswagen. Volkswagen pleads guilty to 3 charges, will pay $4.3 billion penalty for emissions cheating and wide-ranging cover-up. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe listen during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, announcing criminal and civil resolutions with Volkswagen. Volkswagen pleads guilty to 3 charges, will pay $4.3 billion penalty for emissions cheating and wide-ranging cover-up. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Montreal Canadiens' Brian Flynn (32), Torrey Mitchell (17) and Sven Andrighetto (42) celebrate after Flynn scored on Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 in Winnipeg, Ontario. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Marquette's Luke Fisher puts up a hook shot over Seton Hall's Rashed Anthony Jr. during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Tom Lynn)
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Marquette's Sam Hauser, left, Matt Heldt, center, and teammates celebrate the overtime victory over Seton Hall 89-86 during an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Tom Lynn)