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 been qui
ins priebus and dominique dawes and ryan beatty. starting point begins right now. our starting poirnt this morning, america s new golden girl is gabby douglas making history last night. 16 years old, first african-american to women the all-around gold medal. amanda davies, it was so z exciting to watch her. just perfection, out did herself each and every time. how was the feeling while everyone was watching her? reporter: it was incredible. it was probably written in the stars, did you know if you rearrange the letters of gabby douglas s sir name, what does it spell, but usa gold. and this really is where the next chapter of her life begins. she is now up in the a list of superstars as the morning after, night before, media commitments have started. she s been retweeting the incredible tweets these had from people like oprah nicki minaj and michael phelps. she finished with that fantastic floor performance with that techno music. it became like club gabby. we can still ge
morning in philadelphia for that suspect as we speak. good morning, everyone. welcome to early start. it is 5:00 a.m. here in the east. also this morning, george zimmerman in his first on-camera interview since the trayvon martin shooting, he was asked if he has any regrets. you ll want to hear what he has to say. and is there tension in the u.s. supreme court after that health care ruling? you will hear what justice scalia said about any possible bad blood. that s in that cnn exclusive coming right up. up first this morning, breaking news from tanzania where more than 30 people have drowned, over 100 more are feared dead after a ferry with nearly 300 people on board sank. about 150 people were rescued. but officials say there s not much hope for the passengers still missing. there were also 31 children on board. you are looking there at pictures of a little boy being saved. there were tourists on board as well. it s not clear if any of them were americans. rough weat