cnn s paul vercammen has the story. reporter: this family, a modern day brady bunch, lives in his home. i m heartbroken. we had to leave our beautiful home. reporter: 33 miles from the house they vacated in porter ranch, a los angeles suburb reeling from a methane gas leak. the smell can cause you to be nauseated, can cause to give headaches, nose bleeds which i have had. stomach problem. reporter: infrared video taken by environmental activists shows a bloom rising over 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. that relief well is going to go way down about 8,500 feet. it s going to intersect with the leaking well and then pump liquids and mud down there to
way into the cause of an outbreak aboard a royal caribbean cruise liner. the cruise ship is docked in the u.s. virgin islands right now while u.s. health officials check it out. nearly 300 passengers and crew are sick with some sort of stomach problem. that s almost 10% of the obviously 3,000 people onboard. the ship set sail from new jersey last tuesday. a spokesperson for royal caribbean says it s already undergone, quote, extensive and thorough sanitizing in the previous recall. women and children trapped in the syrian town of homs will soon be allowed to leave. united states mediators hope to have those people out by
hi, how are you? i m okay. your name is doc? my name is jaz. nice to meet you. sarah? nice to meet you, sarah. has she been having any stomach problems from the water? at first, we were having a stomach problem. we tried to buy some medicine, but we don t know what s going on. okay. so you haven t been able to get the medicine? yeah. oh, man. when i first got into this work, it was all kind of confusing to me a little bit, like how is it that water is killing so many people? after doing a little bit of digging and some research, i found that it s basically diarrheal disease. the amoebas or bacteria in the water. what comes from that is ultimately dehydration. for a young child, if they have diarrhea for two, three days. that s it. their bodies are too weak to experience that kind of dehydration.
have to go to these public hospitals. stay out of it mike bloomburg. i know you have an opinion on this. they say these pain meds are not that much different from heroin. i hate this word epidemic. we start using this word ep epidemic. there is this and this is no not an epidemic. this is a lot of people who found a new way to get fun via fake prescription. i don t think we should call that an epidemic. if there was ever something that fell under a category of a case by case basis. it is this. some people might need more pills than others. the guy comes in and starts talking about how much percocet she wants and starts drooling and then her legs start shaking, well maybe just give her three or four. a law abiding citizen like myself, four bottles. they are afraid to give medication already. i had a stomach problem.
she s resting at home? she s resting at home in washington. she was told not to go to the office this week. who told her that? her doctors. they must know her quite well. when did she have a concussion. do you go to the same doctor? she had a stomach problem and was dehydrated and faints. why are you smirking? you re smirking at me. i m not smirking. i m worried about her health. you don t have a grave look on your face. let me see. i think you look grave. are you concerned about measure? i have been for days. for days? when did this happen? i think it up happened last friday or saturday. last friday. but a week later she s not going to testify? haven t we read enough about concussions. some quarterbacks have a concussion in the first quarter and go back the third quarter. i m glad she s resting at home.