of december alone, more than half a million people have signed up for health insurance vee kra the federal web site, healthcare.gov. that's a lot faster pace in the role that we've seen in previous months. in november, it was 300 thousand or so. he also said that since october 1st, one in a million people have signed up through the federal and state marketplaces. so noo's a little bit of an updated number. we won't get official numbers until january. >> all right, athena jones, thank you so much. this will be the first christmas at the vatican for the pope. the pope is also sending christmas presents to the under-privileged with a rather personal touch. here's erin mcglaughin. >> pope francis has a lot going on. on saturday, he delivered a