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Supporters of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and protesters stand off prior to an event where Abbott announced his bid for re-election, Friday, July 14, 2017, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gestures to supporters as he and his wife, Cecilia, arrive for an event where he announced his bid for re-election, Friday, July 14, 2017, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Protesters are led out of an event where Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced his bid for re-election, Friday, July 14, 2017, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A supporter of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott uses a sign to block protesters prior to an event where Abbott announced his bid for re-election, Friday, July 14, 2017, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott waves to supporters as he and his wife, Cecilia, arrive for an event where he announced his bid for re-election, Friday, July 14, 2017, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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In this May 24, 2017, file photo, Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Budget Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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FILE - In this July 13, 2017 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans’ latest health care plan would create winners and losers among Americans up and down the income ladder, and across age groups. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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In this July 13, 2017 photo, Samaher Saddam cleans the entrance of her damaged house in the west side of Mosul, Iraq. The 9-month fight to defeat the Islamic State group in Mosul ended in a crescendo of devastation: bombardment that damaged or destroyed a third of its historic Old City in just three weeks. The cost of uprooting the militants was the destruction of large swaths of Iraq’s second largest city, leaving a population that is displaced, exhausted and potentially embittered if there is no reconstruction. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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Eric C. Conn, the man responsible for the largest Social Security disability fraud in history, was sentenced in absentia Friday to 12 years in prison. He is on the loose and wanted by authorities. (Photo courtesy of the FBI)
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FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2017, file photo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The AP reported on July 14, 2017, that a series of stories circulating online regarding a drug bust involving Pelosi's daughters is a hoax. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. is considered to be one of the greatest boxers of all time, undefeated as a professional, and a five-division world champion, Mayweather has won fifteen world titles and the lineal championship in four different weight classes. On Decemeber 21, 2012, Mayweather was sentenced to six months of jail time after pleading guilty to misdemeanor battery domestic violence and harassment charges stemming from a 2010 incident with the mother of his children.
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FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2015, file photo, state Rep. Eric Schleien poses in Manchester N.H. Schleien has been accused of sexually and physically assaulting a 16-year-old girl last year under the guise of discussing her interest in politics. Rockingham County Attorney Patricia Conway said Friday, July 14, 2017, that Schleien has been charged with a misdemeanor charge of sexual assault and two misdemeanor counts of simple assault. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)
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The number of black homicide victims has jumped by nearly 900 per year since the Black Lives Matter movement took root in 2014, even as the number of blacks killed by police declines. (Associated Press/File)
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ADVANCE FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2017 This June 25, 2017 photo shows the Metropolitan Community Church of the Lehigh Valley in Bethlehem, Pa. The church was founded in California in 1968 with the explicit purpose of serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, and came to the Lehigh Valley in 1984. (Erin Gallagher/The Express-Times via AP)
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FILE - This Feb. 19, 2017, file photo shows Pablo Sandoval of the Boston Red Sox baseball team. On Friday, July 14, 2017, the Red Sox announced that Sandoval had been designated for assignment after being activated from the 10-day disabled list. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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FILE - In this June 1, 2017, file photo, Boston Red Sox's Pablo Sandoval prepares to bat during a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore. On Friday, July 14, 2017, the Red Sox announced that Sandoval had been designated for assignment after being activated from the 10-day disabled list. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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FILE - In this April 11, 2017, file photo, Boston Red Sox's Pablo Sandoval swings during the second inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park in Boston. On Friday, July 14, 2017, the Red Sox announced that Sandoval had been designated for assignment after being activated from the 10-day disabled list. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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FILE - In this April 11, 2017, file photo, Boston Red Sox's Pablo Sandoval plays third base during the second inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park in Boston. On Friday, July 14, 2017, the Red Sox announced that Sandoval had been designated for assignment after being activated from the 10-day disabled list. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2014, file photo, then-Boston Red Sox free agent third baseman Pablo Sandoval, nicknamed Kung Fu Panda, converses with a person dressed as a panda bear wearing a Red Sox jersey, overlooking a tarp-covered Fenway Park field in Boston. On Friday, July 14, 2017, the Red Sox announced that Sandoval had been designated for assignment after being activated from the 10-day disabled list. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)
