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Valentino Rossi (46), of Italy, steers through a turn during open practice for the Grand Prix of the Americas MotoGP motorcycle race, Saturday, April 22, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Marc Marquez (93), of Spain, steers through a turn during open practice for the Grand Prix of the Americas MotoGP motorcycle race, Saturday, April 22, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Marc Marquez (93), of Spain, comes out of a turn during open practice for the Grand Prix of the Americas MotoGP motorcycle race, Saturday, April 22, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Andrea Iannone (29), of Italy, Karel Abraham (17) and Danilo Petrucci (9), of Italy, steer through a turn during open practice for the Grand Prix of the Americas MotoGP motorcycle race, Saturday, April 22, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Two women with posters attend with thousands of demonstrators the March for Science in Berlin, Saturday, April 22, 2017. Thousands of people are expected to attend March for Science events around the world to promote the understanding of science and defend it from various attacks, including U.S. government budget cuts. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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In this Thursday, April 20, 2017 photo, Neftali Thomas Diaz tries on donated work clothes at The Fortune Society in New York. At the Fortune Society, one of the social service nonprofits expected to partner with the city on the plan and a sponsor of Diaz, the mission is proving the critics wrong by training former state prison and jail inmates on how to land and keep jobs. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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In this Thursday, April 20, 2017 photo, Neftali Thomas Diaz, right, tries on donated work clothes with the help of his case manager David Rodriguez, at The Fortune Society in New York. At the Fortune Society, one of the social service nonprofits expected to partner with the city on the plan and a sponsor of Diaz, the mission is proving the critics wrong by training former state prison and jail inmates on how to land and keep jobs. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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House Minority Leader Scott Pelath, D-Michigan City, listens during the session at the Statehouse Friday, April 21, 2017, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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Speaker of the House Brian Bosma, left, R-Indianapolis, talks with House Minority Leader Scott Pelath, D-Michigan City, during the session at the Statehouse Friday, April 21, 2017, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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Screen capture from trailer for transgender-teen drama/comedy "3 Generations." Petitions at Change.org are asking the MPAA to change its classification for the film from R to a less restrictive rating. (Internet Movie Database).
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FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2017 file photo, a woman holds a sign at a rally outside of City Hall in San Francisco. The Trump administration is moving beyond rhetoric in its effort to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. The Justice Department is forcing nine communities to prove they are complying with an immigration law to continue receiving coveted law enforcement grant money. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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U.S. Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Scott Blackburn answers questions during a news conference at the VA medical center in Albuquerque, N.M., on Friday, April 21, 2017. An Army veteran, Blackburn said one of the top priorities for the agency is to curb suicides among military veterans in the U.S. and boost access to mental health care. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
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Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin said President Trump will make an announcement on tax reform this week and that his plan "will be the most significant change to the tax code since Reagan." (Associated Press/File)
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In this March 9, 2012, file photo Republican state senator Frank Artiles, R-Miami, asks a questions about a pip insurance bill during house session in Tallahassee, Fla. Artiles, who used a racial slur and vulgar language in a conversation with two African-American colleagues, submitted a resignation letter to the Senate president's office on Friday, April 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2017 file photo, a woman holds a sign at a rally outside of City Hall in San Francisco. The Trump administration is moving beyond rhetoric in its effort to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. The Justice Department is forcing nine communities to prove they are complying with an immigration law to continue receiving coveted law enforcement grant money. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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President Donald Trump meets with Aya Hijazi, an Egyptian-American aid worker, in the Oval office of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 21, 2017. Hijazi, an Egyptian-American charity worker was freed after nearly three years of detention in Egypt returning to the U.S., Thursday, April 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Aya Hijazi, an Egyptian-American aid worker, meets with President Donald Trump in the Oval office of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 21, 2017. Hijazi, an Egyptian-American charity worker was freed after nearly three years of detention in Egypt returning to the U.S., Thursday, April 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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In this April 1, 2017 photo, Antonia Catalan drives her SUV in the town of Redland, Fla., to pick up a migrant worker who is in the country illegally. As a U.S. citizen with a driver's license, Catalan offers free rides to immigrants in the country illegally and without driver's licenses, so they can avoid arrest as fear spreads over President Donald Trump's directives to expand immigration enforcement. (AP Photo/Adriana Gomez)
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Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, right, states that he will not pardon Ivan Teleguz, who is on death row on a murder for hire conviction, but will commute his sentence from the death penalty to life without parole, during a press conference at the State Capitol in Richmond, Va., Thursday, April 20, 2017. At left is Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian J. Moran. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
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Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe pauses after stating that he will not pardon Ivan Teleguz, who is on death row on a murder for hire conviction, but will commute his sentence from the death penalty to life without parole, during a press conference at the State Capitol in Richmond, Va. Thursday, April 20, 2017. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
