riding high. nikki haley seizes on fresh momentum. you join with me in these caucuses, we ll finish this. and trump pledges to be a dictator on day one. it was entertainment. i think it was a joke. and impeachment fever. anger boils over in congress. this was personal. this doesn t have anything to do with policy or merit or anything else. as the house barrels toward a biden impeachment. could they get anything done. we have meaningful policy making and the utter depths of stupidity. plus balancing act. the president struggles to hold his coalition together. trump just talked the talk, we walk the walk. biden tries to convince skeptics the alternative is worse. and out of world. i m not talking about little green men or flying saucers. the push to shed light on government secrets about ufo s. the best reporting from inside of the corners of power starts now. good morning, and welcome to state of the union. i m manu raju. nikki haley now emergin