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

I'm Steve Kurnaki.

Today is Wednesday, November 6th, and here's what's happening.

It's week 7 in the impeachment inquiry.

Transcripts are being released.

Public hearings are just a week away,

but some Republicans seem to be trying to sit this phase out by

avoiding questions about the inquiry entirely.

The House is doing what they're doing.

In the meantime, the Senate is doing our work in order to do what matters.

As the juror, I think it's inappropriate for me to reach conclusions.

The question is, is it appropriate for a president?

Look, I think we are going to have an investigation. It's a nonpartisan investigation.

It's a nonpartisan investigation.

You might remember that things played out a little differently the last time the country went

through all of this. Indeed I did have a relationship with Ms. Lewinsky that was not appropriate.

In fact, it was wrong.

In August of 1998, President Clinton acknowledged a mistake.

It constituted a critical lapse in judgment

and a personal failure on my part

for which I am solely and completely responsible.

And it basically gave Democrats the freedom to say, yeah, what the president did was wrong,

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