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This Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017 photo shows Cleveland police officers taking Israel Alvarez into custody in Lorain, Ohio. Alvarez has been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide and felony hit-skip in the death Tuesday morning of 39-year-old Patrolman David Fahey. (Joshua Gunter/Cleveland.com via AP)
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This Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017 photo shows Cleveland police officers taking Israel Alvarez into custody in Lorain, Ohio. Alvarez has been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide and felony hit-skip in the death Tuesday morning of 39-year-old Patrolman David Fahey. (Joshua Gunter/Cleveland.com via AP)
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FILE- In this Sept. 15, 2016, file photo, musician Madonna poses for photographers upon arrival at the World premiere of the film "The Beatles, Eight Days a Week" in London. Pop star Madonna has filed for the adoption of two more children from Malawi. A government spokesman said the singer appeared before a High Court judge on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
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FILE - In this Friday, July 8, 2016 file photo, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, right, responds to questions during a news conference at City Hall in Dallas. Abbott says he'll work with top conservatives to try to remove from office sheriffs across his state who refuse to enforce federal immigration law. It's the latest sign that Abbott is moving hard to the right and more closely tracking the new Trump administration, which is plotting ways to crackdown on immigration. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
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In this handout picture provided by PETA, actress Pamela Anderson delivers some presents to children in the Grande-Synthe refugee camp in Dunkerque, northern France, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. (AP Photo)
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 photo, Syrian refugee Kulnawaz Youssef, 13, looks at herself in a mirror at her tent in Kalochori refugee camp on the outskirts of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. Many migrants living in this warehouse tent camp and another one nearby are feeling burned out. They try to keep busy as they dream of a better life in Western Europe and not let boredom or depression set in. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 photo, Syrian refugee Elan Darwish, 14 months, sleeps inside his family's tent in Kalochori refugee camp on the outskirts of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 photo, Syrian refugee men lift weights while practicing at a makeshift gym in Frakapor refugee camp on the outskirts of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 photo, a Syrian refugee child sits in a stroller outside his family's tent in Kalochori refugee camp on the outskirts of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 photo, a Syrian refugee woman works inside her tent while her daughter left lies on the ground and her other daughter play with her friends, in Kalochori refugee camp on the outskirts of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 photo, Syrian refugee women attend a knitting class part of emotional support session provided to them by volunteers from the Refugee Trauma Initiative, in a tent in Frakapor refugee camp on the outskirts of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. Many migrants living in this warehouse tent camp and another one nearby are feeling burned out. They try to keep busy as they dream of a better life in Western Europe and not let boredom or depression set in. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 photo, Syrian refugee Ahmed Mohammed, 40, cooks outside his tent in Kalochori refugee camp on the outskirts of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 photo, a Syrian refugee woman cuts vegetables while her husband checks his mobile phone at their tent in Kalochori refugee camp on the outskirts of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this March 29, 2016, file photo, Nebraska state Sen. Bill Kintner of Papillion, speaks during debate in Lincoln, Neb. Kintner, who was fined for having cybersex using a state computer, resigned Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, after causing further outrage by sending a tweet that implied participants at a women's march were too unattractive to be victims of sexual assault. He made the announcement less than an hour before Nebraska lawmakers were scheduled to debate whether to expel him. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
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Protesters carry a birthday cake depicting Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras with a Pinocchio nose during a protest against government's policies on health issues in Athens, Wednesday, January 25, 2017. Greece's left-wing government says it is willing to extend an automatic austerity mechanism for one additional year in an effort to break the deadlock on current bailout negotiations. On the cake reads : "Two years of SYRIZA -ANEL, Lies, lies, about hirings and medical supplies for intensive care units." (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
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Montana Gov. Steve Bullock delivers his third State of the State address during a joint session of the house and senate in the House Chambers of the State Capitol Tuesday night, Jan. 24, 2017, in Helena, Mont. Bullock asked the Republican-led Legislature to be fair when considering spending cuts to balance the state budget, and to preserve programs that protect vulnerable people. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP)
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Montana Gov. Steve Bullock addresses lawmakers in his third State of the State speech on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in Helena, Mont. Bullock asked the Republican-led Legislature to be fair when considering spending cuts to balance the state budget, and to preserve programs that protect vulnerable people. (AP Photo/Matt Volz)
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If confirmed as budget director, Mick Mulvaney will oversee the first blueprint from President Trump, who has made extravagant and conflicting promises. (Associated Press)
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Despite painful memories of the 1994 ethnic cleansing by Rwanda's Hutu majority against the Tutsi minority, members of both clans now work side by side in many of the country's booming businesses. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2017, file photo, Illinois Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno, R-Lemont, left, talks with Illinois Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, right, at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. The Illinois Senate is putting the brakes on a compromise budget, plan but leaders say they still want to see it on track for a floor vote, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 201, in the nation's longest budget deadlock in decades. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP File)
