here's cecilia vega. >> reporter: the president's long time attorney and fixer michael cohen today abruptly pulling the plug on his much-anticipated testimony to congress. cohen's lawyer citing "ongoing threats against his family from president trump and mr. giuliani." adding, "this is a time where mr. cohen had to put his family and their safety first." the president today denied making any threats. >> i would say he's been threatened by the truth. he's only been threatened by the truth. >> reporter: but he has called for cohen's father-in-law to be investigated, even though he is not currently accused of any crime. >> he should give information maybe on his father-in-law, because that's the one that people want to look at. >> reporter: and just this weekend, another unfounded allegation from rudy giuliani. >> so, it's okay to go after the father-in-law? >> of course it is. if the father-in-law is a criminal, we talked about ukrainians. his father-in-law is a ukrainian. >> that's not a crime. >> his father-in-law has millions and millions -- of course it's not. i'm telling you, he comes fr

here's abc's senior white house correspondent cecilia vega tonight. >> reporter: president trump today launched a blistering attack on his own hand-picked intelligence leaders, tweeting, "perhaps intelligence should go back to school." it comes one day after they publically contradicted him again and again. on isis -- >> we have won against isis. >> reporter: the director of national intelligence said that is far from the case. >> isis is intent on resurging and still commands thousands of fighters in iraq and syria. >> reporter: on north korea, president trump says kim jong-un is willing to denuclearize. cia chief gina haspel says hardly. >> the regime is committed to developing a long-range nuclear armed missile that would pose a direct threat to the united states. >> reporter: and on the president's repeated claim that iran is close to acquiring a nuclear weapon? >> we do not believe iran is currently undertaking activities we judge necessary to produce a nuclear device. >> reporter: today, the president tweeting, "the intelligence people seem to be extremely passive and naive when

cecilia vega, abc news, the white house. >> and our thanks to cecilia in washington. >>> a family in delaware is demanding answers after their young son was left on a school bus for hours in the freezing cold. 5-year-old ibn polk fell asleep on his bus before getting to school. reports say security footage shows the driver disregarding students trying to tell her that ibn was still in his seat. he was found on the bus seven hours later when the driver came back to start her afternoon routes. >> didn't really understand what was going on because i know i dropped my baby off at the bus stop and he was on the bus. >> when she didn't do that, that made me think like she didn't really care. >> do you think you'll go back on the bus? >> no. >> no? >> no. >> at least he's in good spirits. >> cute. >>> ibn's bus had a child reminder alarm system, but it wasn't working. the school district says the bus driver did not follow other checkpoints. she's now been fired. >>> in sports american underdog danielle collins has met her match at the australian open. collins was beaten overnight in the sem

abc's cecilia vega has details. >> reporter: president trump launched a blistering attack on his owned intelligence leaders tweeting perhaps intelligence should go back to school. it comes one day after they publicly contradicted him again and again, on isis. >> we have won against isis. >> reporter: the director of national intelligence said that's far from the case. >> isis' is intent on resurging. still has thousands of fighters in iraq and syria. >> reporter: on north korea trump says kim jong-un is willing to denuclearize. cia chief gina haspel says hardly. >> the regime is committed to developing a long-range nuclear missile that would pose a direct threat to the united states. >> reporter: and the president's repeated claim that iran is close to acquiring a nuclear weapon. >> we do not believe iran is currently undertaking activities we judge necessary to produce a nuclear device. >> reporter: the president tweeting the intelligence people seem to be extremely passive and naive when it comes to the dangers of iran, they are wrong. but the top democrat on the senate intelligenc

sides as far apart as ever and to cecilia vega with the latest. al emergency in that speech last night, but he very much seems to be making the case for declaring one. >> my fellow americans -- >> reporter: in his first-ever primetime address from the oval office president trump appealing directly to the american people for his border wall, but stopping short of declaring a national emergency to pay for it. >> the federal government remains shut down for one reason, and one reason only, because democrats will not fund border security. >> reporter: in his ten-minute speech riddled with factual inaccuracies, the president argued there is a crisis at the southern border. >> this is a humanitarian crisis, a crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul. every day customs and border patrol agents encounter thousands of illegal immigrants trying to enter our country. >> reporter: but in reality, total apprehensions of illegal crossers have actually plunged in recent decades. though they have ticked up over the past year, they're still at historic lows and

let's get more from cecilia vega. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: george, republicans want to force speaker e pelosi's hand here. a game of chicken. speaker pelosi to officially disinvite president trump from from delivering the state of union in six days. now, in the event that that happens just as you said the white house is now, we're told by sources, has prepared two different versions of a speech. one would be delivered on tuesday night, traditionally as it would in front of congress. another to be delivered at another location, likely a political rally. you'll remember that speaker pelosi had cited security concerns as one of the reasons for her saying the president should not deliver the speech next tuesday. the white house says they've spoken to the secret service and homeland security, they say he's safe to give the speech. george, this morning the ball is back in speaker pelosi's court. >> we'll wait to see what she does. meantime, this has now gone on into its 33rd day, the president has been taking a fa

george and i are here with the birthday girl, cecilia vega. >> oh, thank you. >> happy birthday. >> a fun morning to be here. >> it is a fun morning. what about the night in hollywood last night. >> lot of surprises. some upsets. "bohemian rhapsody" and "green book," two of the biggest winners. >> sandra oh making history as the first asian actress to host the show. she also won at the same time for best actress in a tv drama. no one more excited than her parents in the crowd. i love that shot so much. >> the reaction was priceless. amy was backstage for it all. she joins us from hollywood with the biggest moments and the shockers of the night. and no shock here, you looked stunning last night, amy. >> aw. i had a lot of help, robin, as you know. so thank you very much. good morning, everyone. yes, it was another glamorous night here in hollywood, and one filled with twists and turns. when you saw the night's biggest winners, so many of them were truly shocked to hear their names called and to accept that coveted golden globe. it was a night full of surprises. >> "bohemian rhapsody."