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Effect i have. we don't know what kind of threats the white house may have made, but the president himself saying just moments ago that the only thing threatening cohen is the truth, sort of the same argue. -- argument. the president feels like this is their best chance to under cut any witnesses against them. >> thank you. >> up next, world leaders discussi discussing how to close the economic gap and help working class people that are being left behind. ali velshi will join us live from the world economic forum in davos next on msnbc. n msnbc. i don't keep track of regrets.

Lanny davis says o due to on going threats as recently as this weekend as well as mr. cove hen's continuing operation. his cohen will be postponed to a later date. we have a lot to get through this hour but let's start with cohen. with me ken delanian and hans nichols from the white house. we first got a statement from michael cohen saying he would postpone his afeerns appearance because of the pleases he feels he got from the

Department. when he makes these statements, they can't be taken lightly by michael cohen or other witnesses. now we have to assure his safety and bring him in voluntarily. >> walk us through, tell us a little bit about other individuals that you and your committee are interested to hear from regarding this subject and the other ngss that we outlined. >> there is a lot of issues that the oversight committee be looking into. there are topics ranging from campaign contribution violations. there are other witnesses that mr. cohen would probably tell us about, and i would suspect they would then be...

President. and representative steven lynch from massachusetts told our college that he is not sure he believes the stuff about the threats and the committee behind closed doors agreed to issue a subpoena. and now the intelligence committee did not go that far. we have a statement from them in which they said efforts to indaytii intimidate witnesses are textbook mob tactics that we condemn, but we're saying never the less when we started discussions with mr. cohen's attorney, not appearing before congress was not an option. so democrats intend on having him testify in the future before he goes ...

Knowing that timeline, what if any procedures could the house take with law enforcement that we saw or heard at least chairman cummings refer to. do we know these negotiations are set to take place between the oversight committee at this stage. >> without minimizing their perception of threat, the capital is a secure facility. they have lots of experience with high pro file witnefile wi. i have no doubt they can protect witnesses, bring them in secure areas and keep them away from the public, it is a matter of mr. cohen, his wife, and his father-in-law having the feeling that that is the case....