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In this Sept. 20, 2016 photo, Bryan Sweeney answers a question during an interview in Houston. Officials in Texas’ biggest county said they’re working to fix problems with its bail system, which criminal justice reform advocates allege unfairly keeps poor defendants in custody for too long and disproportionately affects minorities. For university student Sweeney, the three days he spent at the Harris County Jail in Houston before he could pay his $10,000 bail for two misdemeanor charges, including for driving with a suspended license, cost him a chance to register for classes and graduate this summer. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Navy quarterback Will Worth (15) celebrates his touchdown during the first half of an NCAA football game against Houston, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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In this Oct. 1, 2016, photo, Ghazala Khan, left, and Khizr Khan, parents of fallen Army Capt. Humayun Khan, speak about their experience of moving to Houston as an immigrant family while attending the Islamic Society of Greater Houston fundraiser at Hilton Houston Post Oak in Houston. Houston was the first U.S. city the Khans settled in as immigrants. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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Western Kentucky wide receiver Nicholas Norris (15) makes a touchdown pass in an NCAA college football game against Houston Baptist, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, in Bowling Green, Ky. (AP Photo/Michael Noble Jr.)
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FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, file photo, Houston head coach Tom Herman runs drills with his team before an NCAA college football game against Texas State in San Marcos, Texas. After firing the most successful coach football coach in the history of the program, LSU needs a home run hire. "Let’s say there's a coach at Houston who may have a choice at Texas, Southern Cal or LSU," former LSU coach and Big Ten Network analysis Gerry DiNardo said, making a not so subtle reference to Herman. (AP Photo/Darren Abate, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2016, file photo, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith (11) sits on the sideline during the second half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, in Houston. The Chiefs couldn’t get out of their own way in a frustrating Week 2 loss in Houston, a litany of penalties, turnovers and miscues spoiling their chance of a 2-0 start. That probably didn’t make it any easier to watch the Jets on film this week.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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A Planned Parenthood clinic is seen Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016 in Houston. A Houston grand jury investigating undercover footage at the Houston clinic found no wrongdoing Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, by the abortion provider, and instead indicted anti-abortion activists involved in making the videos that targeted the handling of fetal tissue in clinics and provoked outrage among Republican leaders nationwide. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) **FILE**
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Tim Constantine reports on the closing of Obamacare co-ops, 2015 election results from around the country, and the failure of Houston's "bathroom bill."
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Houston Mayor Annise Parker speaks to supporters of the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance at a watch party Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, in Houston. The ordinance that would have established nondiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people in Houston did not pass. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
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In this Oct. 21, 2015 file photo, a man urges people to vote against the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance outside an early voting center in Houston. On Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, Houston voters repealed the nondiscrimination law. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014 file photo, Houston Mayor Annise Parker, left, kisses her partner, Kathy Hubbard, after Parker was sworn in for her third term as mayor during the inauguration ceremony for Parker, City Controller Ronald Green and the 16-member Houston City Council at Wortham Theater Center in Houston. After a drawn-out showdown between Houston's popular lesbian mayor and a coalition of conservative pastors, on Nov. 3, 2015, voters in the nation's fourth-largest city will decide whether to establish nondiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people. (Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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Images included in the DHS' Inspector General's report show damage from Hurricane Ike in 2008 at Riverside Hospital that had not been repaired as of 2014 (Image: screen grab DHS OIG report "FEMA Should Recover $32.4 Million in Grant Funds Awarded to Riverside General Hospital, Houston, Texas")
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Houston Mayor Annise Parker (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Six people were arrested after heckling Houston megachurch pastor and televangelist Joel Osteen while he was giving his sermon Sunday morning, police said. (ABC 13)
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in Houston on June 4, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Flood waters overrun the banks of the bayou in downtown Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Floodwaters kept rising Tuesday across much of Texas as storms dumped almost another foot of rain on the Houston area, stranding hundreds of motorists and inundating the famously congested highways that serve the nation’s fourth-largest city. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
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Members of the Houston and Webster Fire departments help residents evacuate through the floodwaters surrounding their homes in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Heavy rain overnight caused flooding and closure of sections of highways in the Houston area. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard (12) reacts to a play as Los Angeles Clippers guard J.J. Redick (4) looks on during the fourth quarter of Game 7 of the NBA Western Conference semifinals at the Toyota Center Sunday, May 17, 2015, in Houston. ( James Nielsen / Houston Chronicle via AP )MANDATORY CREDIT
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In this photo taken Tuesday, April 21, 2015, Dallas Mavericks' Rajon Rondo makes his way to bench after being called for a foul against the Houston Rockets during the third quarter of Game 2 in the first round in the NBA basketball playoffs in Houston. Rondo sat nearly the entire second half of the Mavs' loss to Houston and didn't get a lot of support from his coach afterward in what is clearly an experiment gone wrong. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
