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let s take a quick look at markets here. we are seeing the dow jones, the market s down by seven points at this moment. this comes on the same time that economists describe the january jobs report out today as being disappointing. the economy added just 36,000 jobs. that s a lot fewer than expected. but the unemployment rate fell to 9%. it s down from 9.4% the month before. some of the biggest job losses were in the construction sector. it was hit hard by, as you can imagine, severe winter weather in january. in today s building up america segment, a story you might find a bit hard to believe, because a business saw a golden opportunity in the nevada desert. it is raising shrimp. that s right. shrimp. making a lot of money. here s our cnn s tom foreman. reporter: in las vegas, tourists love big spectacles and little shrimp.
if you like shrimp p, you re going to love this story. believe it or not, the newest hot spot for seafood lovers just might be the nevada desert. that s where we find tom foreman with today s building up america report. reporter: in las vegas, tourists love big spectacles and little shrimp. eating 22 million pounds a year, the problem is in this land locked state, shrimp are often frozen is from far away. but this year that could change. the size of this building is 36,000 square feet. it s a fabricated structure. reporter: a half hour north, blue oasis is growing shrimp in the desert. scott mcmahon is is the ceo. i mean, it s 1.4 billion pounds brought into the u.s. last year. approximately. and 90% of that comes from overseas. reporter: each tank can hold
thank you. now a quick look on what s ahead on the rundown. egypt in crisis. the egyptian military could play a crucial role in the country s future. and raising shrimp in the desert. an unexpected way of building up america. also, new york bans smoking outdoors. it s one of our undercover stories of the week. and finally, your turn. that s right. to choose the news. we re going going to recap the three stories that you get to pick from. [ female announcer ] there s a new way to let go of some of the annoying symptoms menopause brings.
seems to know how to get rid of it. and i m talking about the federal deficit. a new interactive poll shows voters are not only willing to take on the deficit, they re pretty darned good at it. we sent cnn s tom foreman to las vegas for our series building up america. and, tom, when it comes to economic problems, you could call nevada the poster child, yes? reporter: absolutely, suzanne. you talk about getting jobs, people here really need them but this interactive poll which is really interesting, we are the first to have it here at cnn, looked at about 2,000 americans including some here in nevada and said despite all these hard times can we deal with the deficit and how would you do it? it was done by a group called the program for public consultation at the university of of maryland and here is how it worked. they gave everybody a computer program that basically said here is the deficit in 2015. it s going to be well over $600 billion.