'Start Here': 'Sea change' for Michael Cohen as investigation continues

It's Tuesday, July 3, 2018. Here are some of the stories we're talking about on ABC News' new daily podcast, "Start Here."

1. Cohen's warning

We haven't heard much from Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney, in the three months since the FBI raided his home and offices. Now the former fixer is breaking his silence and perhaps signaling a willingness to cooperate with federal prosecutors.

Cohen, who once said he would take a bullet for Trump, tells ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview he will put his "family and country first."

"I will not be a punching bag as part of anyone's defense strategy," he said. "I am not a villain of this story, and I will not allow others to try to depict me that way."

George joins us in-studio to review Cohen's most telling answers and what this means for special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.