inquiry was worth it? >> i mean, i can't get into the speaker's mind. but, you know, speaker pelosi is always looking at the numbers of her caucus. she's always worried about how much support she has for any particular move or effort. so the fact that she went forward with impeachment means that she knows those numbers are there. we're really at a no turning back moment in this impeachment effort, though. >> daniel, on the other side of the aisle, it looks like the gop support for the president is hardening. why do you think that is? >> i mean, like i said earlier, it's because president trump's approval rating remains high. we're seeing sort of a circling of the wagons here among republicans. nothing in this impeachment effort has really changed his approval ratings among republicans. we're talking independents and democrats who are really starting to, i guess, harden,