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With five kids and dogs lives in a broken home. >> i'm heartbroken. we had to leave our beautiful home. >> reporter: they're 33 miles from the house they vacated in porter ranch, a los angeles suburb reeling from a massive methane gas leak. >> the smell can cause you to be nauseated. it can cause headaches. nose bleeds, which i have had. stomach problems. >> reporter: infrared video taken by environmental activists shows a noxious plume rising other porter ranch. the utility says the underground leak first detected in october may not be stopped until late march. >> we're drilling a relief well...

>> inside the command center these are the lead engineers talking to the engineers on the boat, giving them commands, seeing in realtime what they're looking at. we're not supposed to talk to these gentlemen because they're so involved in what they're doing out there. allen is trying not to be too optimistic? >> has it taken a toll on your family? >> at this point i was considered to be retired. my wife and i were supposed to be on a trip to ireland. that will happen when it happens. >> reporter: they make clear it is the attachment of the relief wells that will be the milwaukee-or-break part ...

Ultimately, though, they are hoping that the new cap will provide such a tight fit that it will be able to collect and contain all of the oil, that is leaking out of the well. probably, will not be able to shut the well off, but, at least be able to contain it, and bring it safely up to ships on the surface. until bp is able to finish drilling those two relief wells, possibly, completed in late july, or mid august. and, only, then, will they be able to permanently patch up the leaking well, with a combination of mud and cement. >> eric: everyone hopes it will be the end of -- finally the begin...

When bp had its second quarterly report, meeting with investors, they want to have good news for that. on july 20th, according to the "wall street journal" article, that is when british prime minister david cameron is going to be meeting with president obama in the white house. so between the 20th and 27th, bp officials are reportedly saying yes, we think we may be able to intercept that well and take a look at this graphic, right now the first relief welch was started may fourth, it's basically two months and one week in progress on a three-month operation but said to be a week ahead of sched...

Magnatometer so they can get within five feet of it. they're actually only about 300 feet away at this point. >> we just showed the animation that shows once they drill into that pipe, then they put into that cement mud to try and cap the leaking well, the relief well. i have heard they can't use the gps down there, it's too deep. but if they can get a tv/video feed from that deep, why can't they use the same sort of signaling to guide this drill? >> they have a couple of tools they use, one of them is sort of a built in inclinometeres so they calculate where they should b they can actually in...