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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 didn't get their help, still get things done, big things, republicans vowed to fight him every step of the way. >> over the past week some have said it was indeli ...

To refresher courses on chemistry and biology. abc's 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 it's also given us a litany of fascinating oil trivia that you probably never knew, and now won't be able to get out of your he >> no, i didn't know that. >> reporter: here are our top five things we've learned from llgulfco. number one, oil evaporates. who knew that much of the oil in these waters dissipates within days? still, scientists say the small percentage...

I'm going to move this out of the way now. we're going to look at the next part here. this is the relief well they've been drilling down there. right now, bp says they can continue doing this despite the storm because the platforms they're 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 we've heard about. that has been delayed. that can't 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? >> tom, how...

This is the relief well they've been drilling down there. right now, bp says they can continue doing this despite the storm because the platforms they're 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 we've heard about. that has been delayed. that can't 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? >> tom, how is the progress on that going? >> it's pretty good, according to bp. the distance bet...

I'm going to move this out of the way now. we're going to look at the next part here. this is the relief well they've been drilling down there. right now, bp says they can continue doing this despite the storm because the platforms they're 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 we've heard about. that has been delayed. that can't 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? >> tom, how...