. live look at san diego this morning. very pretty. time to wake up there. you just heard state department spokesman ned price tell us the u.s. will help its european partners after russia cut off natural gas supplies to poland and bulgaria, a major escalation in the economic war between the kremlin and the west. the eu accused russia of blackmail and the international energy agency said moscow is trying to weaponize energy supplies. the polish and bulgarian prime ministers were defiant, insisting they wouldn t give in to russian pressure. the energy giant gasprom tried to justify the move saying poland and bulgaria had refused to pay in russian rubles as demanded by vladimir putin. european gas priced jumped 20%