As Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was meeting Monday morning with the White House chief of staff amid reports that he was going to resign or be fired, his boss, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, was 750 miles away in Hoover to give a keynote speech to a public safety symposium.

Sessions did not reference Rosenstein, who is overseeing the Russia investigation following Sessions' recusal, in his remarks to some 400 members of law enforcement, or the reports.

The attorney general received a standing ovation at the Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover. During the praise, Sessions said: "I may need this. Going back to Washington, you never know."

Sessions was not made available to the media; he was led through the back door of one of the hotel's conference rooms.

Rosenstein's meeting with White House chief of staff John Kelly ended with no resolution on Rosenstein's fate. The deputy attorney general denied initial reports that he was going to resign Monday morning, and the White House said that Rosenstein and President Trump are scheduled to discuss his situation on Tuesday.

The New York Times reported Friday that Rosenstein had implored Trump cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from the presidency and that Rosenstein suggested wearing a wire to record incriminating information from Trump. Rosenstein denied that report.

Sessions has had a tense relationship with Trump, who was angered over the attorney general's decision to recuse himself from the Russia probe. The president has used social media to complain that Sessions is not using his office to protect him.

"We'll see what happens. A lot of people have asked me to do that," the president said in an interview last week with The Hill. "And I guess I study history, and I say I just want to leave things alone, but it was very unfair what he did."

On Sunday, the Young Republican Federation of Alabama - an organization where Sessions once served as chairman - approved a resolution supporting the attorney general.

The resolution said Sessions "has restored honor, integrity and impartiality" to the attorney general's office" and has "vigorously advanced President Trump's agenda, especially in the areas of immigration and violent crime."

"As Republicans, we adamantly support those who follow the rule of law and those who enforce it. As Alabamians, we have seen the dangers of elected officials choosing political convenience over integrity. We trust America's centuries old justice system and its ability to protect the innocent and bring truth to light," the resolution goes on to say. "[T]he officers of the Young Republican Federation of Alabama offer our full support to a former YRFA Chairman and the current U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions."

In Hoover, Sessions praised the Public Safety Partnership, a DOJ-administered program to increase participation between federal, state and local law enforcement.

The attorney general announced $200,000 in grants to the Hoover-based National Association of School Resource Officers. The funds are allocated to provide training for school resource officers, including training on how to prevent school shootings.