Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast.

I'm Scott Detro, I cover the campaign.

I'm Aisha Roscoe, I cover the White House.

And I'm Susan Davis, I cover Congress.

And it is 747 Eastern on Friday, January 24th.

And as we tape this, the Democrats are concluding their opening arguments in the impeachment trial

of President Trump.

They're still going, but Sue, what was the focus today?

I think today everyone was about hitting the high notes, trying to leave the most lasting

impression on the senators.

And they're really their last best case to make before the White House teams takes over

tomorrow morning.

We had talked a lot about how the obstruction of Congress argument might be a little harder

to make because among other things, Congress didn't issue a lot of subpoenas, they didn't

challenge this in court.

Did that come up in any way in the Democrats' presentation?

Did they anticipate those questions about their case?

Not yet, I think that will come up when senators have chances to ask questions.

I did think it was notable today that they really spent most of their three days on the

first article, the abusive power.

I mean, that's really where the bulk of the argument landed.

They really only turned to the second article, this question of obstruction of Congress, just

...