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Georgia. if i don t get gas, i m going to be sleeping in my car tonight at work. reporter: gas buddy reporting at one point nearly two-thirds of all stations in north carolina were out of fuel. and more than half just here in atlanta. and you can see right here, someone has brought several gas cans to stock up on whatever gas is left. prices jumping about 10 cents overnight in south carolina and 8 cents in virginia. today in georgia, 24 cents since last week. this virginia station charging nearly $7 a gallon. six gallons of gas for $35. that s absolutely ridiculous. if there s price gouging going on, we won t hesitate to make sure our laws are enforced. reporter: transportation secretary pete buttigieg announcing they re waiving weight restrictions so trucks can carry more fuel. addressing reports of people hoarding gas. hoarding does not make things better. and under no circumstances should gasoline ever be put into anything but a vehicle directly or an approved container.
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Two-thirds of its gas stations out of fuel. the shutdown effecting thousands of stations and tonight with this news just in, it still means it could be days before we re back to normal. the national average for a gallon of gas above $3 for the first time since 2014, the first time in seven years. and again tonight just to show you how much this is affected by tat one cyber attack, that pipeline runs 5,500 miles from texas straight up to new jersey. tonight here, drivers asking, how much longer? when will prices stabilize? and of course, the larger question, what is the u.s. doing to keep this from happening again? abc s gio benitez leads us off from atlanta tonight. reporter: tonight, colonial pipeline says it has restarted operations more than five days rcheto st do.-linked hackers still t, the effects of that shutdown. drivers in several states are paying top dollar at the pump, if they can even find gas. absolute insanity. everyone is panic buying. reporter: drivers lined up o
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We re talking about two weeks to get that gas all the way from texas to the northeast. and on that price gouging, remember, those state of emergency orders specifically mention price gouging, so, state officials say they will investigate any complaint and if they have to, they ll prosecute them. david? gio benitez leading us off tonight from atlanta. gio, thank you. we also have new reporting tonight amid the battle inside the republican party. representative liz cheney tonight ousted from her leadership position today for speaking out against president trump and about lies involving the election. it took just minutes, with reports of boos while cheney made a last-ditch argument to save her post and she argued the republican party. moments after the vote, cheney saying she promises to do everything she can to, quote, ensure that the former president never again gets near the oval office. abc s rachel scott back on the hill again tonight. reporter: tonight, the historic vote. hous
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