conscience on the world stage they can feel good about. they have been in short supply recently, but francis has stepped into that role. at least to date he seems to be playing it magnificently. >> john allen, always a pleasure to see you and talk to you. thanks so much. and be sure to tune in for our live coverage of the pope's first ever christmas mass. that's 6:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. all right. last-minute shopping, wrapping, getting ready for a holiday feast. mow it turns out that quite a few americans have been interrupted by the holiday hustle and bustle to sign up for obamacare. we've just gotten some numbers for you. dana bash is in washington, hosting "the lead" next hour. what's the word? >> well, the word from cms, which runs healthcare.gov, is that volume on the site remains high but not equal to yesterday. now, yesterday healthcare.gov got 2 million page views, which was a record. the call center received more