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santorum victory in louisiana with two washington bureau chiefs, 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 recovering from heart transplant surgery at a northern virginia hospital. joining me now for the latest from the hospital is cnn's athena jones. 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, certainly sev...

"early start." and it is very early, i'm ashleigh banfield. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin. we are bringing you the news from "a" to "z." we're happy you're joining us this morning. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. let's get started. the taliban claiming they poisoned food at a base in afghanistan. we have explosions and car bombs and the u.s. is pulling out more americans working in afghanistan. >> and it's one of those questions you have when you wake up. did gas prices go up again while you were sleeping? well, guess what? $6 gas is already a reality and is it in the place where you l...

gasoline prices jumped 3 cents a gal just overnight to a national average now of $3.61. that makes 16 straight days of higher prices. and experts say we're heading for $4 a gal gas by summer if not sooner. president obama seized the political warning signs and knows the attack's already coming. this afternoon in florida he tried to stay ahead of the curve. >> since it's an election year, they're already dusting off their three-point plan for $2 gas. and i'll save you the suspense. step one is to drill and step two is to drill. and then step three is to keep drilling. anybody who tell...

Necessity for most people, the way this country works now. and people pouring more money into it means they'll spend less money on other things, and we need to get to a more it will alternative energy future, but really right now there is no practical solution to cars and claims other than oil. >> i didn't say that, lisa. now, you had me until the alternative issue. we should just cancel arguments that don't make sense. arguments that don't make sense that the president can do something about the price of oil. >> and how americans are somehow driving the price of oil up. we're not. it's chines...

Are saying we need to get alternative energy future. right now there is no other practical solution to cars and planes other than oil. >> let me -- let me be clear. i didn't say that. you had me until the alternative -- we should discount the things, arguments don't mace mistake donald trump thinks he can change that by bullying him. >> and americans are driving the price of oil up. we are not. chinese and indians and everybody else who is. >> other argument that doesn't make sense, we have a supply problem. anybody that goes out and suggests we should release froyl strategic oil reserves know...