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boy were they amazing. welcome to early start, i m zoraida sambolin. and i m john berman. 5:00 a.m. in the east. what we re all talking about is morning is politics. after 36 hours joined at the hip, mitt romney and his new running mate are going their separate ways today. the former massachusetts governor says he s happy with his new teammate. at one point, ryan teared up with emotion during a stop in wisconsin. on 60 minutes, romney praised his vp pick for being a lot like him. of course, the president is weighing in, too. this is a man who s dedicated the last 14 years working in washington in ways that are not highly partisan. this is a man who s also analytical. he s a policy guy. people know him as a policy guy. that s one of the reasons he has such respect on both sides of the aisle. i m a policy guy, believe it or not. i love policy. i love solving tough problems. congressman ryan is a decent man. he is a family man. he s an articulate spokesman fo ....
to early start. thank you for being with us. i m john berman. 5:00 in the east and counting down to the big jobs report that has huge political and economic implications. what we can expect and the health hazard that forced the first family of one state to move out of the governor s mansion. it is flat on the gross. something truly fantastic. we are talking about the olympics and that s her. the flying squirrel who is now the golden girl. 16-year-old gabby douglas cemented her legacy as the first straight american and the first african-american to win the women s all-around gymnastics gold medal. started with a vault and ended with the dazzling floor routine and completed a rise to olympic champion. amanda, you must be able to hear our enthusiasm. that was electric last night. it was, john. good morning. the greenwich arena turned into club gaby with the fantastic techno floor routine. the flying squirrel flamed the most coveted gold medal there is and it has be ....
it is scary in the end. stay tuned. we ll tell you exactly what s going op. good morning. welcome to early start. i m john berman. i m zoraida sambolin. 5:00 a.m. in the east. coming one a man who says he has been cured of hiv. dr. sanjay gupta talked to him. you ll hear about that later this hour. really remarkable. plus, brett favre couldn t stay retired after all. he s back in football taking a job you might not expect. we ll tell you all about it. stay tuned. you need to watch before he retires again. i think it s kind of exciting, actually. i wanted to ask you about that. we ll chat about it. first the latest presidential poll numbers are out this morning. they reveal president obama s ahead of mitt romney by six points. the brand-new nbc news/ wall street journal poll shows obama at 49% to romney s 43%. that s a three percentage point increase from just last month. cnn s political director mark preston joins us now from washington, d.c. nice to have you ....