students from south carolina state university began a demonstration over a segregated bowling alley inhe heart of orangeburg called the all-star lanes. long since closed. it was a whites-only borelli, and this protest over the bowling alley grew into something larger and mushroomed over the course of three nights. after the second night the demonstration was about 500 yards from my house, so we have kind of a direct line of sight. after the second night i remember putting up in the morning. the schools were all close to. i was looking out the window to see what was going on, and my father who was an extremely gentlemen yell the me in a voice that he'd never used before and said it down out of the window right now. so i ducked down. then he let me pique over the wonder so. right across the street from our house there was a line of 12 highway patrol cars. state troopers were out of the cars behind the open doors of their cars with the rifles pointed at a house two doors down from our house. there were looking for the organizer from the student nonviolent coordinating committee. a man in

south carolina was hit hard by the great recession. the 11% unemployment rate here is two points higher than the national rate. but anna werner tells us this state is doing something about it. it's investing in public universitieso turn south carolina into a center for high tech. >> reporter: at the proterra bus assembly plant in greenville, south carolina, one of the newest employees is niraq chimulay. he's an automotive engineer 8 miles from home. and you like it? >> i love it. >> reporter: love it? >> yes. >> reporter: chimulay landed this job designing electric buses after he graduated from an engineering program at clemson university. it's attracting some of the best minds from around the world. >> this almost nearly guaranteed employment when you graduate. so what can be more attractive than that? >> reporter: the high tech program at clemson is being funded through a south carolina initiative called "smart state." since 2003, the state has spent $200 million in lottery funds to bankroll research centers at public universities like clemson creating technology hubs that they hope will attract new industries and create jobs. more than 200 companies have invested in smart state, the largest? b.m.w. gave $11

bachelor's degree from university of tripoli, his master's from the university of south earn california and his phd from north carolina state university. >>> water everywhere. that is the dire situation this morning for much of thailand including parts of the capital bangkok. this is a live picture of bangkok right now. officials say the monsoon triggered flooding in the city could have been much worse. more than 370 people have died. a major concern are diseases like diarrhea, malaria. sara sidner explains just how bad it is. >> reporter: what you are looking at is a road. the road is covered with water. what we're seeing is people getting boats, anything that floats basically and taking their belongings out of their residences. this is a residential neighborhood. there are shops along this neighborhood as well. people are seeing this water rise and rise and rise. there are people that had to be res can you tell. people are getting into boats. that's the only way to make it across this stretch of the freeway. >> officials in bangkok says they're especially concerned about the lack of food and drinking water in communities

south carolina initiative called "smart state." since 2003, the state has spent $200 million in lottery funds to bankroll research centers at public universitiesike clemson, creating technology hubs that they hope will attract new industries and create jobs. more than 200 companies have invested in smart state, the largest, b.m.w., gave $11 million. the state estimate it is 7,000 jobs have already been created statewide. imtiaz haque runs the clemson program. ue one of the most critical things in the u.s. that we're facing right now is not just a shortage of jobs but a shortage of technical people that can actually fill those jobs. so what we're trying to do is close that particular gap. >> reporter: the supply of talent clemson produces is what convinced proterra and founder dayle hill to locate the plant in greenville. >> for us to maintain a two- to three-year lead on the industry, d need access to that talent. i want us to have access to the very brightest of the brightest. >> reporter: and you think they're going to be here. >> i think they're going to be here. >> reporter: this bus is headed to san antonio, texas, one of three cities to

university, not just penn state. >>> carolina on my mind. the republican presidential candidates are in south carolina for a key debate on foreign policy. so who can prove they are ready for the 3:00 a.m. call and can rick perry erase the memory of that brain freeze? >>> with this ring, he did wed and lost it much to the dismay of his pregnant wife. you won't believe where he had to search to find it. all that and more "early" this saturday morning, november 12th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs >>> it is shaping up to be a fantastic fall bay in new york city. we like that. welcome back to "the early show." i'm russ mitchell. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. >>> breaking news on penn state so that is where we begin. >> we beimpin wibegin with that. security is tight on penn state after the riots earlier this week. today officials are not taking any chances. armen keteyian is in state college, pennsylvania, with the latest. armen, good morning. >> good morning, russ. >> reporter: you mention inside a few hours, more than a hundred thousand fans will show up in the stadium behind me but the focus will be

university and headquarters. this was the 10th debate and the first exclusively focused on foreign policy and international affairs. it makes sense in south carolina insofar as this statea real division he merged. some felt pakistan should be treated as an ally because of nuclear weaponry. others as an adversary because of the way it has dealt with u.s. enemies. >> pakistan is clearly sending us messages mitt, that they have -- they don't deserve our foreign aid that we're getting because they are not be being honest with us. american soldiers' lives are being put in jeopardy because of that country and the decisions and it is time for us, as a country to say no to foreign aid to countries that don't support the united states of america. >> pakistan must be a friend of the united states for the reason that michelle held, pakistan is a nuclear power and there are people in that country if they gain control of that country will create a situation equal to the situation that is now percolating in iran. we can't be indecisive about whether pakistan is our friend. >> reporter: big differences between santorum and perry and the best performances for both of them. perry had t

south carolina and ending on the 31st of january in the state of florida. four very important states of course. in this race. larry sabato, director for the center of politics at the universityvirginia and he joins me how. hey, larry. >> good morning, martha. martha: good morning, to you, sir. we were talking to carl cameron about iowa. there is big event that mitt romney and herman cain are not going to be at. iowa is fascinating to me. let's take a look at the poll and i want to get your thoughts how all of this will fare for mitt romney. they are tied with herman cain. you think they want to be out there pressing the flesh with folks. ron paul in third place with 12%. what do you think will happen in iowa, larry? >> martha, the old saying once burned twice shy applies to mitt romney in iowa. i don't blame him one bit. if you look at the polls, you would think that mitt romney, the punitive frontrunner should be outcome paining hard in iowa. he got suckered four years ago. he was also the frontrunner in iowa accept iowa destroyed his presidential hopes, it literally did nominating mike huckabee. romney finished well behind. that destroyed romney in new hampshire where he h