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Have electrical power. the coast guard re-opened the port of new york to water traffic this afternoon. that will allow barges through and that should help ease part of the supply part of this problem within a couple of days. but solving this problem is not simply just a matter of solving the supply problem. it's also about getting the power turned on. these are two intertwined problems. about three-quarters of a million customers are still without power today in new jersey. a million and a half people in and around new york city. utility companies say it could be ten days before all the power ...

Shortage. >> treasury officials were instruct to do waive requirements to prevent them from buying from out of state suppliers. >> steve: but is there more that can be done? joining us right now is eric bolling from "the five." >> the reason for the gas lines, number one, electricity to gas stations. that's not a supply problem. that's aroblem. >> steve: first of all, let's talk about how big the gas lines are. >> i drove, around my town, the line was around the block. i drove in, past 10th avenue. >> steve: this is from this morning? >> 10th avenue in new york, five blocks long. they were try...

Amazingly, though, two adults and only a child on board suffered relatively minor injuries. lucky, lucky. >> very lucky there. gas prices are going up across the country, but in california, they're soaring to a panic level. hovering near the $6 mark. parts of the states are seeing prices at the pump nearing the highest price this year, jumping 8 cents in one night. the uptick is being blamed on the supply problem due to refinery and pipeline outages. >> i have never seen $5.99, f a gallon. that's insane. >> it's a really terrible week for gas prices. and the worst week we have ever had in oc...

With britain about releasing strategic oil reserves. it looks like there could be a coordinated effort to increase quickly the amount of oil on the market. so far it has worked. the price of oil just the whisper of releasing the supply from the reserve, the price of oil is down $2 a barrel, about $2.50 as we speak. megyn: i thought it wasn't a supply problem. >> reporter: it's a refining problem as well as a long-term supply problem. you get a mine year short-term reaction and the president can then turn round if he releases oil from the reserve can he can say i'm doing something and it worked...

susan page and mike duffy from "time" magazine. i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." first our news of the day. former vice president dick cheney is recover from heart transplant surgery. joining me now for the latest from the hospital is cnn's athena jones. athen athena, do they have any idea how long he might be there? >> reporter: well, we understand that most heart patients who go through a surgery like this end up staying in the hospital for about a month. i should mention that vice president cheney at 71 is on the upper end of the age range of people who get he...