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Shelby Highsmith, 99, arrives for a Sen. Ted Cruz town hall meeting Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Cruz is expressing doubt about whether the Republican plan to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law will pass the Senate, suggesting Thursday that efforts to cobble together enough votes are on shaky ground. Protesters were defending the Obama administration's health law and waving anti-Cruz signs. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Protesters gather outside a Sen. Ted Cruz town hall meeting, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Cruz is expressing doubt about whether the Republican plan to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law will pass the Senate, suggesting Thursday that efforts to cobble together enough votes are on shaky ground. Protesters were defending the Obama administration's health law and waving anti-Cruz signs. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, answers a question as he holds a town hall meeting, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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David Kilada, political director of Oregon Right to Life, examines a bill in Keizer, Ore., Thursday, July 6, 2017, that requires insurance companies to cover abortions at no cost to the patient. Those who have no U.S. insurance, including those in the country illegally, will be able to have costs paid by the state's Medicaid program. Kilada said the bill, passed by the Legislature on Wednesday, will force taxpayers to assume some of the costs of an increasing number of abortions, even if they oppose the procedure. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)
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Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, speaks during a debate to override Gov. Rauner's veto of the budget bills on the floor of the Illinois House during an overtime session at the Illinois State Capitol, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Springfield, Ill. (Justin L. Fowler /The State Journal-Register via AP)
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Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, walks off the floor of the Illinois House after the House voted to override Gov. Rauner's veto and pass a budget for the first time in two years during an overtime session at the Illinois State Capitol, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Springfield, Ill. (Justin L. Fowler /The State Journal-Register via AP)
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, answers a question as he holds a town hall meeting Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ** FILE **
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FILE - In this July 17, 2012, file photo, adult female walruses rest on an ice flow with young walruses in the Eastern Chukchi Sea, Alaska. If walrus is in your dinner plans, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends you make sure it's well done. The federal health agency warned of the effects of undercooked game meat after two outbreaks of trichinosis over the last year in western Alaska. The outbreaks sickened 10 people and all have fully recovered. (S.A. Sonsthagen/U.S. Geological Survey via AP, File)
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This photo combination of file photos show, Andrea Constand, left, walking to the courtroom during Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial June 6, 2017, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa.; and Bill Cosby, right, arriving for his sexual assault trial June 16, 2017, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Cosby's retrial on charges he drugged and molested Constand in 2004 is set for November 2017, according to an order signed Thursday, July 6, 2017, by Judge Steven O'Neill. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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FILE - In this May 30, 2017, file photo, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks to members of the Glendale Chamber of Commerce in Glendale, Ariz. Protests against a health care bill in the U.S. Senate heated up Thursday, July 6, when seven opponents of the plan were arrested at Flake's Phoenix and Tucson offices. The protesters were taken into custody as they were trying to sway the Republican's vote on the stalled bill repealing much of former President Barack Obama's health overhaul. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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Jemma Beale, 25, was convicted by a British court of perjury and perverting the course of justice on July, 6, 2017. She made false sexual assault claims against 15 different men. (Metropolitan Police)
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FILE - In a Friday, May 12, 2017 file photo, parents and other demonstrators hold signs against bullying and in memory of Gabriel Taye, an 8-year-old boy who killed himself in January 2017, outside the elementary school in Cincinnati. Hamilton County's coroner issued a statement Thursday July 6, 2017, saying a review of additional investigative information regarding Gabriel Taye found nothing that would alter the death certificate. Authorities opened Gabriel's grave in June to remove an electronic tablet buried with him to see if it might provide additional information about what led to his death. (AP Photo/Lisa Cornwell, File)
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Palestinian activist Linda Sarsour is shown in this undated file photo from a YouTube screen capture. (YouTube)
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FILE- This March 12, 2017, file photo shows a statue of a Confederate soldier on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. The university announced Thursday, July 6, that it will post signs acknowledging that slaves built some structures on the main campus founded before the Civil War. The administration has already added a plaque to provide information about slavery and the Civil War to the Confederate soldier statue on campus. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz, File)
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Jeff Zamrzla, a retired and disabled Marine from Salina, Kan., asks U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., a question during a town hall meeting, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in the tiny town of Palco, Kan. Zamrzla favors creating government-run health coverage for all such as Medicare for the elderly. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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In this June 8, 2017, photo, former Dallas Police Chief David Brown sits before an interview in Dallas. The Dallas Police Department has weathered significant changes in the year since a sniper killed five law enforcement officers. Brown retired in October. Hundreds of officers retired to avoid impending cuts to benefits and increases in contributions. And the Legislature stepped in to negotiate a compromise between city and pension officials. The city is also faced with hiring hundreds of officers in a nationwide recruiting effort. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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In this June 8, 2017, photo, former Dallas Police Chief David Brown begins signing stacks of his books before a reception in Dallas. The Dallas Police Department has weathered significant changes in the year since a sniper killed five law enforcement officers. Brown retired in October. Hundreds of officers retired to avoid impending cuts to benefits and increases in contributions. And the Legislature stepped in to negotiate a compromise between city and pension officials. The city is also faced with hiring hundreds of officers in a nationwide recruiting effort. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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In this photo made Thursday, June 8, 2017, former Dallas police chief David Brown speaks during an interview in Dallas. The Dallas Police Department has weathered significant changes in the year since a sniper killed five law enforcement officers. Brown retired in October. Hundreds of officers retired to avoid impending cuts to benefits and increases in contributions. And the Legislature stepped in to negotiate a compromise between city and pension officials. The city is also faced with hiring hundreds of officers in a nationwide recruiting effort. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Immigration activists and labor groups gather around bronze statues during a "Here to Stay" rally at the Irish Famine Memorial in Boston, Thursday, July 6, 2017. Immigration activists and labor groups gathered in Boston in opposition to President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Andrew Mannett, of Boston, holds up a sign supporting President Donald Trump during a "Here to Stay" rally at the Irish Famine Memorial in Boston, Thursday, July 6, 2017. Immigration activists and labor groups gathered in Boston in opposition to the president's crackdown on illegal immigration. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
