watch out, father-in-law. i don't know if it was meant that way, shep. >> shepard: john, thanks. background on what michael cohen's attorney is saying about postponing his testimony and the alleged threats to cohen's family. rick leventhal is here with details. it seems to be about that matter regarding his father. >> we don't know what these threats are that michael cohen is talking about. as i dodd in these situations, shep, when there's a story about michael cohen, i called michael cohen. went straight to voice mail. so i don't have any information from michael cohen about what he's so concerned about, what the threats against him may or may not be. he did say that -- his attorney said that cohen has to put his family and safety first. so what are the threats? we just don't know what the threats are. the statement said as recently as this weekend, the president and his attorney, rudy guliani, made threats that cohen was concerned about. this weekend, rudy guliani was on jake tapper's show on cnn.