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FILE - In a Monday, June 27, 2016 file photo, abortion rights activists, from left, Ravina Daphtary of Philadelphia, Morgan Hopkins of Boston, and Alison Turkos of New York City, rejoice in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, as the justices struck down the strict Texas anti-abortion restriction law known as HB2. Even as the 2016 election outcome intensifies America's abortion debate, a comprehensive new survey released Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 by the Guttmacher Institute finds the annual number of abortions in the U.S has dropped to well under 1 million, the lowest level since 1974. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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FILE - In a Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, file photo, anti-abortion rights activists are connected with a red piece of cloth as they stage a 'die-in' in front of the White House in Washington. Even as the 2016 election outcome intensifies America's abortion debate, a comprehensive new survey released Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 by the Guttmacher Institute finds the annual number of abortions in the U.S has dropped to well under 1 million, the lowest level since 1974. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2017 file photo, a worker walks by graves prepared for inmates who were killed in a prison riot at the Parque Taruma cemetery, in Manaus, Brazil. Brazilian authorities are scrambling to find ways to stop a wave of prison violence that has killed at least 125 inmates in two weeks, many decapitated and with their hearts and intestines ripped out. (AP Photo/Michael Dantas, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2017 file photo, the wife of an inmate who was killed in a prison riot cries outside Anisio Jobim Penitentiary Complex in Manaus, Brazil where dozens of inmates died in the northern state of Amazonas. Brazilian authorities are scrambling to find ways to stop a wave of prison violence that has killed at least 125 inmates in two weeks, many decapitated and with their hearts and intestines ripped out. (Edmar Barros/Futura Press via AP, File) NAO PUBLICAR NO BRASIL
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FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2017 file photo, inmates stand surrounded by police after a deadly prison riot at the Alcacuz prison in Nisia Floresta, Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil. Brazilian authorities are scrambling to find ways to stop a wave of prison violence that has killed at least 125 inmates in two weeks, many decapitated and with their hearts and intestines ripped out. (Frankie Marcone/Futura Press via AP, File) NAO PUBLICAR NO BRASIL
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President Obama said talk of a post-racial nation is naive, and "I think it created some problems down the road. African-Americans and other minority groups might have felt as if the problems that had built up over centuries could be addressed overnight." (Associated Press)
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Sen. Steve O'Ban, R-University Place, talks to reporters Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. O'Ban, who is the vice-chair of the Senate Law & Justice Committee, said he opposed legislation proposed Monday by Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson to abolish the death penalty in Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Sen. Steve O'Ban, R-University Place, listens to a question as he talks to reporters Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. O'Ban, who is the vice-chair of the Senate Law & Justice Committee, said he opposed legislation proposed Monday by Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson to abolish the death penalty in Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Sen. Steve O'Ban, R-University Place, right, talks to reporters Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, outside the Legislative Building at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. O'Ban, who is the vice-chair of the Senate Law & Justice Committee, said he opposed legislation proposed Monday by Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson to abolish the death penalty in Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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CORRECTS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S LAST NAME TO MCKENNA, WITHOUT M - Former Attorney General Rob McKenna, center, speaks Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, during a news conference at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., to announce that current Attorney General Bob Ferguson, right, and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (not shown) have proposed legislation to abolish the death penalty in Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, second from left, speaks Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, during a news conference at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., to announce that he and Attorney General Bob Ferguson, third from left, have proposed legislation to abolish the death penalty in Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, during a news conference at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., to announce that he and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee have proposed legislation to abolish the death penalty in Washington state.(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Former Attorney General Rob McKennam, center, speaks Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, during a news conference at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., to announce that current Attorney General Bob Ferguson, right, and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (not shown) have proposed legislation to abolish the death penalty in Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, during a news conference at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., to announce that he and Attorney General Bob Ferguson have proposed legislation to abolish the death penalty in Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Attorney General Bob Ferguson, third from left, is flanked by supporters, including Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, left, and former Attorney General Rob McKenna, fourth from left, as he speaks Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, during a news conference at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., to announce that he and Inslee have proposed legislation to abolish the death penalty in Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Attorney General Bob Ferguson, second from right, speaks Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, during a news conference at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. to announce that he and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, left, have proposed legislation to abolish the death penalty in Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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In this June 12, 2016 file photo, law enforcement officials work at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., following the a mass shooting. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File) **FILE**
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FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump stands with Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos in Bedminster, N.J. Charter school advocate and wealthy Republican donor Betsy DeVos is widely expected to push for expanding school choice programs if confirmed as education secretary, causing outrage among teachers unions. But Democrats and rights activists also are raising concerns about how her conservative Christian beliefs and advocacy for family values might impact minority and LGBT students. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, JAN. 17, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-Rodney Rodwell waits to catch a bus in 11-degree weather in Lincoln, Neb., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. Rodwell, who works odd jobs while on disability and lost his car in 2016, says he wants Donald Trump to keep his campaign promise to stop illegal immigration, which he blames for keeping his pay down. He also hopes Trump legalizes medical marijuana nationally. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, JAN. 17, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-Sudanese refugee Suliman Bandas, who teaches English as second language, speaks in his classroom in Lincoln, Neb., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. Bandas says he hopes President-elect Donald Trump won't change the United State's role as a beacon for refugees across the world. “It should not be up to a president to change a country’s value and principle,” he says. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
