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Displaced Iraqis who fled their homes due to fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants wait to be transferred to camps for displaced people, on the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, March 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2014, file photo, a man places flowers in front of the Pennsylvania State Police barracks in Blooming Grove Township, Pa. Jury selection begins Thursday, March 9, 2017, in the capital murder trial of an anti-government sharpshooter charged with killing a Pennsylvania State Police trooper and critically wounding another in a 2014 ambush at their barracks. Thirty-three-year-old Eric Frein could face the death penalty if he’s convicted in the attack that killed Cpl. Bryon Dickson II and injured Trooper Alex Douglass. (Butch Comegys/The Times & Tribune via AP, File)
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In this Friday, March 6, 2015 file photo, a sign marks the location of the barracks for the Pennsylvania State Police in Blooming Grove Township, Pa. Jury selection begins Thursday, March 9, 2017, in the capital murder trial of an anti-government sharpshooter charged with killing a Pennsylvania State Police trooper and critically wounding another in a 2014 ambush at their barracks. Thirty-three-year-old Eric Frein could face the death penalty if he’s convicted in the attack that killed Cpl. Bryon Dickson II and injured Trooper Alex Douglass. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam)
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In this Jan. 5, 2015 photo, Eric Frein, center, is escorted out of the Pike County Courthouse after his preliminary hearing in Milford, Pa. Jury selection is about to get underway Thursday, March 9, 2017, in the capital murder trial of an anti-government sharpshooter charged with killing a Pennsylvania State Police trooper and critically wounding another in a 2014 ambush at their barracks. Thirty-three-year-old Frein could face the death penalty if he’s convicted in the attack that killed Cpl. Bryon Dickson II and injured Trooper Alex Douglass. (Mark Pynes/PennLive.com via AP)
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FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, file photo, Dr. Larry Nassar listens to testimony of a witness during a preliminary hearing, in Lansing, Mich. The former sports doctor at Michigan State University who specialized in treating gymnasts has been charged with sexual assault. A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that U.S. Olympic Committee officials will consider recommending the ouster of USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny at their board meeting Thursday, March 9, 2017. (Robert Killips/Lansing State Journal via AP, File)
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Former mixed martial arts fighter War Machine, also known as Jonathan Koppenhaver, listens to the testimony from victim and ex-girlfriend Christine Mackinday during his sexual assault and attempted murder trial at the Regional Justice Center, Wednesday, March 8, 2017, Las Vegas. Koppenhaver has pleaded not guilty to all 34 felony charges against him, including kidnapping, attempted murder and multiple counts of sexual assault that could get him life in prison without parole if he's found guilty. (Elizabeth Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
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Christine Mackinday, the victim and ex-girlfriend of former mixed martial arts fighter War Machine, also known as Jonathan Koppenhaver, gives her testimony during his sexual assault and attempted murder at the Regional Justice Center, Wednesday, March 8, 2017, Las Vegas. (Elizabeth Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
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FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2017 file photo, state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, left, talks with Sen. Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, at the Capitol, in Sacramento, Calif. At a news conference, Wednesday, March 8, 2017, Wiener discussed his bill to make it a misdemeanor instead of a felony to intentionally expose someone to HIV. If approved by the Legislature and signed by the governor, Wiener's bill would repeal laws passed at the height of the AID's epidemic that he says unfairly punishes HIV-positive people based on outdated science. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,file)
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Illustration on radical feminist impact on women by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Spurred on by the women's marches in January, liberal groups are hoping to tap into liberal angst over President Trump's election by hosting resistance training seminars to spur a national movement to disrupt the president's policies at ever stop of the way. (Associated Press)
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House Speaker Paul Ryan vigorously talks up the American Health Care Act at Republican National Committee Headquarters. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2013 file photo, Wells Church pastor Rev. Keith Tonkel participates in a discussion about the challenges Mississippi's capital city faces in Jackson. Tonkel, one of 28 white United Methodist ministers who signed a statement condemning segregation and racism in the Deep South in 1963, has died. Wells United Methodist Church, where he had been pastor since 1969, announced that Tonkel died Wednesday, March 8, 2017 in Jackson, where he had been hospitalized for pneumonia and blood clots in his lungs. He was 81. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., waves her hand as she is recognized during an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 8, 2017, to honor International Women's Day. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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In this undated image taken from BRIC TV video, journalist Juan Thompson speaks while appearing on a panel in New York, which was discussing racism. Thompson, who is accused of making bomb threats to several Jewish centers across the country, faces a hearing in federal court in Missouri on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, to determine whether he can be released on bail. (BRIC TV via AP)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. center, and other Democratic Congressional members, walk down the steps on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 8, 2017, for an event to honor International Women's Day. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Helen Shreves of Denver carries the American flag as she leads protesters during a march around the State Capitol to mark International Women's Day on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in Denver. More than 1,000 women--and men--took part in the Denver march, one of many staged across the country by organizers of January's Women's March. The action called on women to stay home from work and not spend money in stories or online to show their economic clout on America's fabric. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Judy Miller of Evergreen, Colo., holds up a placard during a march around the State Capitol to mark International Women's Day on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in Denver. More than 1,000 women--and men--took part in the Denver march, one of many staged across the country by organizers of January's Women's March. The action called on women to stay home from work and not spend money in stories or online to show their economic clout on America's fabric. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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An unidentified participant raises her hand in support of a speaker during a march around the State Capitol to mark International Women's Day on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in Denver. More than 1,000 women--and men--took part in the Denver march, one of many staged across the country by organizers of January's Women's March. The action called on women to stay home from work and not spend money in stories or online to show their economic clout on America's fabric. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Demonstrators at the International Women's Day rally stage a sit-down protest outside Trump International Hotel at Columbus Circle, Wednesday March 8, 2017, in New York. Police made arrests after warning protesters they were blocking traffic. The protest was part of a nationwide event called A Day Without a Woman. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Women activists voice their objections as House Republicans work on their long-awaited plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Wednesday, March 8, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
