From NBC News, this is Article 2, Inside Impeachment.

I'm Steve Kurnaki.

Today is Friday, January 24th, and here's what's happening.

The fact that it is the president of the United States

making these threats tells us something.

We've come to the end of opening arguments from the House

impeachment managers, capping off a week of late night sessions in the Senate.

Senators, we cannot and we must not condone President Trump's attacks on whistleblowers and

witnesses people who truly have the ability to put our country first.

The 100 senators sitting in near silence are tired,

some may be a little bored.

Many seem exhausted by the whole process. are tired, some may be a little bored.

Many seem exhausted by the whole process.

Eight or nine hours a day, we're going to hear the president's arguments,

study the record, and then we'll see if we need more evidence at that point.

I'll make my decisions after I hear all of them.

Senators have said they want to hear all the evidence,

but how can you hear all the evidence without hearing from new witnesses?

Well, we've heard all the evidence that they said was overwhelming and I'm underwhelmed.

But it's important not to forget that this is a historic moment in American politics,

and one of my colleagues, Casey Hunt, got the chance to sit down with three of those house managers.

How does it feel to be in that role today?

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