current state of the gop race. chief washington correspondent james rosen reports on the heighteneded scrutiny over carly fiorina s business career. but first senior political correspondent mike emanuel is in south carolina where candidates are making their pitch to voters. good evening, mike. reporter: well, bret, good evening. there were supposed to be 11 republican candidates here but donald trump backed out today claiming a business conflict. here s a sample of some of the early speakers making their pitch to south carolina voters. if you had to pick the one thing, and i hope you guys support this because south carolina the most veteran-friendly state other than maybe florida. i hope that you would say that we need to support our veterans and support our military and support i guess the best birthday present is, i heard donald trump had dropped out. [ laughter ] oh, wait a minute. that was just for today. they issued death threats against me and against my famil