harris? george zimmerman s wife has pleaded guilty to lying about finances in court, but will not serve prison time. last month a jury aquite george zimmerman of murder charges in the shooting death of trayvon martin. prosecutors say before the trial began his wife misled the court during a bail hearing when she testified her and her husband had a limited amount of cash. in fact the prosecution claimed the couple had $135,000 from donations from a fundraising website for his defense. shelley zimmerman pleaded guilty to misdemeanor perjury. she was sentenced to one year probation and community service. oil prices are at a two-year high. that s not the only impact the syrian crisis is having at home. a wildfire at yosemite park threatening thousands of homes. also a fiery crash caught on helmet-cam.
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 with
pat on the back to president barack obama. well, i think the decision that has been made with respect to allowing gays to serve openly in the military is a good one, the right thing to do. president obama signed the law repealing, don t ask, don t tell. it went into effect last month. the brooklyn bridge is open today after a group of occupy wall street protesters shut it down saturday. police arrested more than 700 of the protesters. the loosely organized demonstration began three weeks ago today to protest what the group calls corporate greed. it has spread to other cities, seattle, los angeles, boston, san francisco, as well as a few other cities. we will have a live report at the half hour. a live picture of the washington monument in the nation s capital. no word, however, being done today to locate damage caused by that august earthquake. weather is keeping crews away for a second day. these are some spectacular pictures from last week showing just how dangerou