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Store. what have you found out tonight? >> evangelicals will you promise made promise kept, a big step in keeping the presidents campaign promise to fight back against discrimination. the religious land use act has been around two decades but religious liberty activists say the obama administration did a lousy job enforcing it, sentiment the att gen. seems to agree with. >> in recent years the climate has become less hospitable for people of faith. many americans have felt their freedom to pract...

His comments straightahead and the trump administration takes another step in prioritizing religious liberty as the atty. gen. says he will not tolerate discrimination against people of faith. welcome to fox news at night. i am shannon bream in washington. a brand-new letter from houston to the miniature devon nunez and several other republican members. deputy attorney general ron rosenstein demanding the fbi and justice department give them full access to documents they have, quote, lawfully su...

Including postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again >> shannon: attorney general jeff sessions says he is taking >> atty. gen. jeff sessions is taking the fight for religious liberty local and moving aggressively to protect places of worship from discriminatory local authorities. he has been digging into the

Hate it. great to have you both. the north carolina town told a church you are not welcome here. maryland city tells another church stop worship services. s religious freedom under fire and is the trump administration doing enough to stop the? atty. gen. jeff sessions says he is laying down the law. we investigate next. >> in recent years the culture has become less hospitable to people of faith and religious beliefs. many americans have felt their freedom to practice their faith has been under ...

Asylum status for certain immigrants. kristen fisher joins us with tails. >> reporter: what the att gen. has done is narrow down who qualifies for asylum in the united states. if you are victim of domestic or gang violence it is not enough. it has to be state-sponsored government persecution. a controversial decision that could affect tens of thousands of immigrants fleeing violence in their home country but tonight the atty. gen. explains why he is standing by it. >> you do not get to come to a...

Reference to your chief of staff sending out an email immediately notifying internally of your decision to recuse. did you ask to make that available? >> att gen sessions: i have it with me now. >> chairman burr: thank you, general sessions. have you had any conversations with robert mueller after his institution? >> att gen sessions: im not. after the email ive sent out with mr. comey, he indicated that they did not know that when i recuse myself, i did not receive notice. one of those emails w...

With sergey kislyak? and to the best of my knowledge, you had no conversation with sergey kislyak? >> att gen sessions: i do not recall. certainly, i can assure you, nothing improper. if i had had a conversation with him, and its conceivable that it occurred. i just do not remember. >> vice chairman warner: but there is nothing in your notes or memories that when you had a chance when you correct the record about the other two sessions in response to senator franken and cinder lahey, this did no...

General >> vice chairman warner: i just want to get you on the record. >> >> att gen sessions: with rod rosenstein >> vice chairman warner: you will not have robert mueller removed. >> att gen sessions: i do not think that is appropriate for me to do. >> vice chairman warner: to your knowledge, has any department of justice official been involved with conversations about any possibility of presidential pardons about any of the individuals involved with the russian investigation? >> att gen sessi...

Involved in? >> att gen sessions: no. other than the eight reception area that was set off from the main crowd a couple dozen or two dozen. >> im sure the president shook some hands. >> att gen sessions: he did in the group. >> you mentioned that there were some staff that were with you at that event. >> att gen sessions: my legislative director at the time -- >> your senate staff? >> att gen sessions: he is a retired u.s. colonel who served in the armed services staff with john warner before he...

Attorney general did to and providing that information and writing. >> so, do you concur with the president that he was going to fire mr. sessions regardless of recommendation because the problem with this before? >> att gen sessions: i would just have to let his words speak for himself. im not sure what was in his mind explicitly we talked with him. >> did you ever discuss director comeys fbi handling of the russian investigation with the president or anyone else? >> att gen sessions: senator, ...