it is also referred to -- that andy emanuel nine, she says that -- pinckney. carol: as you mentioned, this has been a year that has really been a challenge to her leadership. a lot of guys have in on her throughout the year. of course, in the summer with the church massacre in charleston, and also with the flooding, bad weather, roads problems that developed in the fall.it has been a challenge a lot of people have looked to her to say. she has risen to the challenges. michael: she delivered the republican response to president obama's state of the union. that was a great moment for her in her political career. she took heat from it, because of talking about loud voices, many thought it was an allusion to donald trump. she mentioned that trump is a friend of hers. way to the front of the chamber. she will meet a friend, lieutenant governor henry mcmaster, who is a competitor in the governor's race with her, but quickly became a friend when he withdrew. he threw his support behind her. during that particular contest. and then he went on to run for lieutenant gov