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President prevailed and signed the affordable care act into law. >> today, after almost a century of trying, today after over a year of debate, today after all the votes have been tallied, health insurance reform becomes law in the united states of america. >> it was, as the vice president whispered in his ear, a truly historic achievement. >> this is a big deal. >> but the victory served notice to republicans that if this president didnt get their help, still get things done, big things, republ...

To refresher courses on chemistry and biology. abcs john hendren points out five lessons learned. >> reporter: the oil spill has brought us new phrases. top cap. top kill. blowout preventer. junk shot. but over the past three months its also given us a litany of fascinating oil trivia that you probably never knew, and now wont be able to get out of your he >> no, i didnt know that. >> reporter: here are our top five things weve learned from llgulfco. number one, oil evaporates. who knew that muc...

Im going to move this out of the way now. were going to look at the next part here. this is the relief well theyve been drilling down there. right now, bp says they can continue doing this despite the storm because the platforms theyre working on there can hold up. they had hoped to add one more ship to the effort to drain off oil from that top cap weve heard about. that has been delayed. that cant move in. the good news is the waves are not affecting the drilling of those relief wells. platform...

This is the relief well theyve been drilling down there. right now, bp says they can continue doing this despite the storm because the platforms theyre working on there can hold up. they had hoped to add one more ship to the effort to drain off oil from that top cap weve heard about. that has been delayed. that cant move in. the good news is the waves are not affecting the drilling of those relief wells. platforms involved in that are able to continue this and they will keep working. anderson? >...

Im going to move this out of the way now. were going to look at the next part here. this is the relief well theyve been drilling down there. right now, bp says they can continue doing this despite the storm because the platforms theyre working on there can hold up. they had hoped to add one more ship to the effort to drain off oil from that top cap weve heard about. that has been delayed. that cant move in. the good news is the waves are not affecting the drilling of those relief wells. platform...

15 minutes past the hour. welcome back to the most news in the morning. it is day 66 of the oil disaster in the gulf. and here are all the latest developments for you. the cap is back on the busted well this morning. again collecting oil. another major setback in the effort to con taint leto contai. a robot subran into it yesterday leaving almost nothing to stop the 60,000 barrel as a gushing out. >> the obama administration asked an appeals court to keep the governments six-month moratorium an ...

Changes, im sure. a lot of procedural changes. everybody will look at drilling these wells and doing these operations totally different. >> reporter: one difference? there is now an rov in the water 24/7 keeping careful watch over the relief wells blowout preventer. james lusk is the pilot. he takes his professional assignment personally. >> we all live by the coast. and this here could hopefully stop it, sir. >> reporter: all the containment domes and the top cap, what you see behind me on the ...

Think it will pass. what are you hearing? >> right now, mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer, the two key players to end this standoff are, in fact, meeting. they are trying to end this two-day shutdown. what they are discussing im told is a proposal that was floated by a bipartisan group of senators. a way out of this shutdown, what it entails is essentially support for a short-term stop cap measured to open up the government for up to three weeks or so, as well as some commitment to move on a ran...

Meanwhile beeks to -- reaction to bps new containment scheme and complaints that the numbers dont add up. trace gallagher is live on the coast of venice, louisiana, bp is saying they are dramatically increasing the amount of oil they can cap -- capture as of today. the details are what, trace? >> reporter: i can tell you, i was pretty good in math in high school and the numbers are baffling me a little bit. remember the biggest estimate of oil gushing out of that well into the gulf is about 40,0...