terrifying. good morning, everyone. good to see you today. welcome to early start. i m john berman. i m christine romans. it is thursday, february 27th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s begin this morning in arizona, where opponents of a so-called religious freedom bill overjoyed this morning. governor jan brewer has vetoed the measure that would have allowed businesses to deny service to gays and others, to deny service to their own customers based on religious grounds. brewer says the bill could have produced unintended negative consequences. let s get more from cnn s miguel marquez. reporter: john, christine, calls for veto and protests turned into celebration here at the arizona capitol. they even produced signs very quickly for, thank you, governor brewer, and they were chanting thank you, jan, after vetoing the bill that the governor said strongly, in a strong statement to say this bill was too broadly written and there was no reason for it to be law in arizona, and