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Administration, the president singled out those members of congress to stuck through to the very end. >> it's a testament to the historic leadership and uncommon courage of the men and women of the united states congress who have taken their lumps during this difficult debate. >> yes, we did. [ laughter ] >> that was new york congressman gary ackerman who took lumps because there wasn't a public option because his constituents wanted a public option. if you were a democrat on either side you took your lumps. if you were a republican, you handed out the lumps. today, those who took the lumps we...

Organized. who believed that people who love this country can change. >> reporter: the word from the democrats who comprised the narrow majority the first of its kind for social change of this magnitude. >> the president: testment for leadership and courage of the men and women of the united states courage who have taken their lumps during this difficult debate. [ laughing ] >> yes we did! >> reporter: laughter came from democrats in the health care crosshairs since the culprit, gary ackerman of new york never worried about losing his safe long island seat. the white house released its own hea...

He was smiling from ear to ear and he also clutched a camera. it's difficult for us to imagine losing a parent. lost her health insurance, we've spoken to marcelus several times on msnbc about his lobbying effort on behalf of other children. when the president signed the bill today, it was great to see that marcelus had the best view. and finally, you could feel, sea and hear the divide between the house lawmakers and the more reserved members of the u.s. senate. app as house majority leader, steny-ho y hoyer said it was a day for democrats and it will sh another great day when the senate ba...

Children who actually grow up from this. and i want to raise my son to be a citizen of the globe. not just beverly hills. >> pete wentz, pete thanks so much for coming on today and good luck to you. >> thanks. finally, i had the opportunity here at the white house to be in the east room when president obama signed the health care legislation. and a couple of things stood out. first off, dozens of house lawmakers brought their cameras and camera phones before the president walked in. they were jubilantly posing for pictures. i don't think i've ever seen democrats so giddy. second, when the pr...

america and jon stewart and everybody else will make fun of me, but that's fine. which wish we could have a serious conversation. how does this not make sense that we shouldn't at least have a logical conversation about this? see you tomorrow night from new york. good night america! >> bret: president obama signs the health care reform bill into law. we look at what happens now. the irs may be getting bigger thanks to the reform law. tough u.s. officials go to mexico as drug violence peaks along the border. live from our studio in washington this is "special report." good evening i'm...