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January 1st. officials now say there has been a mad dash over just the last few days. this is welcome fuse, obviously, for the white house politically speaking and none too soon t. question now is can they keep this up? cnn's athena jones with more now from honolulu. >> reporter: good morning, john. health officials say this surge was possible because the federal exchange healthcare.gov is working much better after that disastrous rollout in october. healthcare.gov may finally be hitting its stride. health officials say more than 1.1 million people enroll in health plans through the federal ex...

Close to the start of the upcoming winter olympic games in sochi. that's around 400 miles away. also in this region of southern russia is, of course the volatile north caucuses region, insurgents promise maximum force to disrupt the olympic games. obama enrollment topped the million mark. 1.1 million americans signed up for health care using the federal insurance exchange. now, almost a million enrolled in december alone to meet that deadline to receive coverage on january 1st. officials say the surge was, in part, due to the fixes made to the obamacare website. a man on the run, suspected...

Michaela. after the disastrous rollout of healthcare.gov the website is working much better now and health officials say the proof is in the big jump in enrollment numbers, more than 1.1 million people signed up for health care using the federal exchange between october 1st and december 24th and nearly 1 million of those, 975,000 came just in december alone. these numbers don't include new medicaid enrollees and don't include the state-run marketplaces but we know many of those statewide marketplaces also saw a surge in activity in recent days. we also know the pace of enrollment on healthcare...

Away from where they feed to be. athena jones is up late in honolulu, up very early or very late i can't decide. >> reporter: good morning, health officials say this welcome surge was possible because the federal exchange, healthcare.gov is now working a lot better after that disastrous rollout in october. health cac healthcare.gov may be finding its stride. with nearly a million of those coming this month alone. >> it changes my life. >> reporter: people like lauren ricin, a 27-year-old marketing director from mcclain, virginia who suffers from crohn's disease, she ran into trouble on the web...

Zealand. we are traveling over that way, making use of the time of it going through. so nothing substantial about being outrageous or stopping off any places. we want to get the team home. if we can't air lift out where we are talking to other people as well about other options as well to see if we can get the team out as quickly as possible. >> first things first. let's get you out of there and safe and sound and we wish you the best. thank you so much for giving us an update. straight from aboard the ship there, stranded in the antarctica. give our best to the crew and everybody aboard. >> t...