. >> hey, hey, ho, ho, obamacare has got to go!> reporter: the chaotic scene outside the supreme court stood in stark contrast to the solemnity that was going on inside. >> we love obamacare. we love obamacare! >> reporter: a kind of impromptu street theater played out on the court steps. there were belly dancers. ♪ prayer circles. people dressed in colonial attire. >> the constitution does not allow for mandates! >> reporter: and others sporting surgical masks. and of course, plenty of cameras. >> reporter: throughout the morning, there was a circus-like atmosphere with supporters and opponents of the law competing for the attention of the crowd. and there were hundreds of people here. at one point, they stretched all the way to the sidewalk and halfway around the corner. and then the moment everybody had waited for. reporters ran out of the court room with news of the decision. supporters of the "affordable care act" were thrilled it had been upheld. >> we're the only industrialized nation that doesn't provide health care for eve