combined with two converging currents, the mueller investigation looking for that obstruction of justice charge, and then alabama. roy moore coming to the senate possibly in a week, and he becomes the face of the republican party for the next year when we're already in danger of losing the house. it's likely we'll do that without him. lose the house. trump gets impeached. we're closer to impeachment now i think than we think. >> welcome back to "hardball" that was alex castellanos with a warning for his fellow republicans and new questions about whether or not the president obstructed justice in the russia probe. as axios points out, trump's legal team points out the president cannot obstruct justice. but notes the one thing that everyone agrees on is the house of representatives with its impeachment power alone decides what is cause for removal from office. for now at least the house is run by republicans. well, that's consoling. the first article of impeachment against richard nixon for example which passed the house