the number two at the doj is playing hardball. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has the exclusive report. the emails reviewed by fox news were sento the house office of general counsel to document the january closed-door meeting that included deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, fbi director christopher wray,oa republican house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes and his senior staff. the account claimed rosenstein threaten to turn the tables on the committee regarding the russia probe. the deputy attorney general rosenstein criticized the committee for sending a request in writing and was further critical of the committee s request to have doj and fbi do the same when responding. investigator wrote going so far as to say that if the committee likes being litigators then we too are litigators and we will subpoena your records and email emails. the emails reviewed by fox indicate a second committee str at the meeting fact of the account, writing let me
obligations. with democrats taking the senate floor today to condemn the letter spearheaded by senator tom cotton, the republican from arkansas, there is new evidence it is having an adverse effect to put pressure on iran. senator foreign relations chair bob corker sponsoring a bill that would require congressional approval of nuclear deals is one of seven republican senators who knows not to sign the letter and he told politico i knew it was going to be only republicans on the letter. i just don t view that as where i need to be today. my goal is to get 67 or more people on something that will affect the outcome. but the appearance of partisanship doesn t seem to concern two 2016 contenders who now want to get in on the letter action despite not being members of the u.s. senate louisiana governor bobby jindal who signed it today and former texas governor rick perry no longer even in office who tweeted that he d be proud and honored to sign. i asked deputy state department spokes pp
global warming in official reports and communications and that the unwritten policy was communicated in 2011 after rick scott, an established climate change denier, came into office. christopher byrd, who worked as an attorney with the dep s office of general counsel from 2008 to 2013 said that he was warned not to use climate change and related terms during a 2011 staff meeting. i did infer from this meeting that this was a new policy, that these words were to be prohibited for use from official dep policymaking with our clients. several other staffers reported similar experiences and earlier today governor rick scott responded. governor, were you aware that scientists were being told not to speak about climate change and will scientists in the future be able to speak about climate change? first off that s untrue. at our department of environmental protection, look, there s lots of conversations about this issue. from my standpoint like every issue, my goal is instead of
hillary clinton today had some very strong words for your colleagues in the senate. what was your reaction to her comments on their letter to the iranian regime? hillary clinton, of course, has served as secretary of state. she knows that when it comes to these negotiations, delicate, important negotiations between nations, what you have is your word and your promise. and now we have the republican senators, 47 of them, stepping in and saying, we don t care what the president agrees to, we re going to stop it. you know, that really would defeat the purpose of a president as a leader in foreign policy and commander in chief using his office to keep america safe. think about this for a second, it wasn t until last week that the republicans in congress were able to fund the department of homeland security after almost six months, so now they re saying before there s any international agreement, it has to go through the republican leadership and congress, you know, forgive me, but i th
-mexico relations and potentially put u.s. citizens at risk of similar treatment. we could face reciprocal denial of access for our consular officials when the american sits find themselves arrested or detained overseas. reporter: in 2005, the international court of justice, the legal body of the u.n. ruled the u.s. is bound by the treaty. but in 2008, the supreme court ruled only congress can force states to abide by the treaty. and now, three years later, a bill introduced in congress just last month by vermont senator bob ley would facilitate u.s. compliance of the treaty, but it s not up for a vote yet. the white house would like the supreme court to delay the execution for six months to give congress time to consider the legislation. texas governor rick perry s office released a statement that reads in part, if you commit the most heinous of crimes in texas, you can expect to face the ultimate penalty under our laws. as in this case, where leal