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Anti-Trump protesters chant as police separate them from supporters of President Donald Trump gathered nearby during a March 4 Trump rally on the state Capitol steps in Denver, Saturday, March 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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In this June 28, 2013 file photo, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Capitol is suddenly awash with trouble-makers and rebels, and that’s just the Republicans. Whatever GOP unity was produced by Donald Trump’s victory in November has all but disappeared, and Republican leaders are confronting open rebellion in their ranks as they try to finalize health care legislation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Fighter jets on board the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) are prepared for patrols off the disputed South China Sea Friday, March 3, 2017. The U.S. military took journalists Friday to the carrier on routine patrol off the disputed South China Sea, sending a signal to China and American allies of its resolve to ensure freedom of navigation and overflight in one of the world's security hotspots.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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A commercial ship sails across the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) which is on patrol off the disputed South China Sea Friday, March 3, 2017. The U.S. military took journalists Friday to the carrier on routine patrol off the disputed South China Sea, sending a signal to China and American allies of its resolve to ensure freedom of navigation and overflight in one of the world's security hotspots.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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With smoke created by a F18 fighter jet taking off crewmen prepare the next one aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) off the disputed South China Sea Friday, March 3, 2017. The U.S. military took journalists Friday to the carrier on routine patrol off the disputed South China Sea, sending a signal to China and American allies of its resolve to ensure freedom of navigation and overflight in one of the world's security hotspots.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands watch near the Great Hall of the People as delegates from China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) attend a plenary session of the National People's Congress in Beijing, Saturday, March 4, 2017. China will raise its defense budget by about 7 percent this year, a government spokeswoman said Saturday, continuing a trend of lowered growth amid a slowing economy. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Chinese paramilitary firefighters march as delegates to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) arrive for the opening session of the CPPCC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 3, 2017. Thousands of delegates have gathered at the Chinese capital for the opening of the annual session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, which advises the rubberstamp parliament, whose annual session begins Sunday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Bus ushers jump as they pose for photographs in front of the Great Hall of the People during the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, Friday, March 3, 2017. Thousands of delegates have gathered at the Chinese capital for the opening of the annual session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, which advises the rubberstamp parliament, whose annual session begins Sunday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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In this photo provided by Montana Resources, a propane-powered noise cannon sits at the edge of the Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana, on March 3, 2017. The cannon is one of several new measures being taken to keep birds away from the 50 billion gallon toxic pit after 3,000 to 4,000 snow geese died there last fall. (Pete Steilman/Montana Resources, via AP)
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Security forces in riot gear escort prisoners from a courtyard behind razor wire at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution in Tecumseh, Neb., Thursday, March 2, 2017, where dozens of inmates congregated after refusing to return to their cells. The prison was placed on lockdown Thursday after inmates in a housing unit refused to return to their cells and a fire was started in a yard. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Security forces in riot gear surround a courtyard behind razor wire at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution in Tecumseh, Neb., Thursday, March 2, 2017, where dozens inmates congregated after refusing to return to their cells. The prison was placed on lockdown for roughly three hours Thursday after inmates in a housing unit refused to return to their cells and a fire was started in a yard. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Security forces in riot gear surround a courtyard behind razor wire at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution in Tecumseh, Neb., Thursday, March 2, 2017, where dozens of inmates congregated after refusing to return to their cells. The prison was placed on lockdown for roughly three hours Thursday after inmates in a housing unit refused to return to their cells and a fire was started in a yard. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2003, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Sen. Charles Schumer D-N.Y., second from right, are escorted through New York's first Lukoil gas station by Lukoil President Vagit Alekperov, left, in New York City. Lukoil is the giant Russian oil company. Putin later traveled to meet with President George W. Bush at the Camp David presidential retreat. President Donald Trump, his administration under siege for contacts with Russian officials, is calling for "an immediate investigation" into Schumer tie's to Russian Putin. Trump’s evidence? A 14-year-old photo of Schumer and Putin holding coffee and doughnuts in a New York City gas station. (AP Photo/Scout Tufankjian, File)
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FOR RELEASE MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. EST.- Though now worn and in disrepair, the train depot that hosted former Hodges blues club Jackson Station was bought by Donalds resident Daniel Prince, who hopes to restore it. Built in 1852, the former train depot was host to Confederate President Jefferson Davis when he boarded a train to Abbeville to sign the papers of surrender at the end of the Civil War. In 1897, former S.C. Gov. Ben Tillman hosted the state's first political stump meeting on the station's steps. (Damian Dominguez /The Index-Journal via AP)
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A riot police take away a man as the demonstration marked the 10th anniversary of an eviction that sparked three days of massive riots, in Copenhagen on Wednesday March 1, 2017. Police in Copenhagen say four of the at least nine people arrested overnight will be indicted of violence against officers in connection with the demonstration A handful of the 1,000 participants fired slingshots and threw rocks, fireworks and bottles at helmeted riot police and dozens of shop and bank windows were smashed. (Thomas Borberg/POLFOTO via AP)
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Civilians who fled clashes between Iraqi forces and Islamic State group fighters in Mosul are gathered at an old gas station south of the city Friday, Marc 3, 2017. Thousands of civilians continue to flee the city each day as the humanitarian situation for the hundreds of thousands trapped along with IS fighters in western Mosul continues to deteriorate. (AP Photo/Susannah George)
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Iraqi federal police forces man a position on a roof of a house in on the edge of Mosul's Mamun neighborhood on Friday, March 3, 2017. Iraqi forces are still fighting to secure a belt of districts along the city's southwestern edge after launching an operation to retake western Mosul from the Islamic State group nearly two weeks ago. (AP Photo/Susannah George)
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Iraqi forces clear a street on the edge of Mosul's Mamun neighborhood on Friday, March 1, 2017. After launching an operation to retake Mosul's remaining Islamic State group held districts nearly two weeks ago, Iraqi forces continue to work to secure a belt of districts along the city's southwestern edge. (AP Photo/Susannah George)
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Iraqi special forces take cover on a roof overlooking Islamic State group positions, in the Mamun neighborhood of western Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, March 2, 2017. Iraqi forces have retaken a handful of neighborhoods on Mosul's southwestern edge since launching the operation to retake the city's western half last month, but IS fighters continued to launch fierce counterattacks on Iraqi positions inside Mosul. (AP Photo/Susannah George)
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A row of F18 fighter jets on the deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) is prepared for patrols off the disputed South China Sea Friday, March 3, 2017. The U.S. military took journalists Friday to the carrier on routine patrol off the disputed South China Sea, sending a signal to China and American allies of its resolve to ensure freedom of navigation and overflight in one of the world's security hotspots.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
