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Services were way up, adding 79,000 jobs. food services were up 21,000. and construction was up 15,000. retail was down. losing about 4,000 jobs. the information industry was also down, losing 16,000. we're going to check back in after the markets open to see how wall street's reacting to these somewhat better-than-expected figures. now, let's get to my "first reads" of the morning. you're looking at live pictures now of cpac where texas governor rick perry has just started to speak. it's the largest annual gathering of conservative activists these days. they will plot strategy for 2014 and ...

51 minutes now past the hour. wicked weather grounded a record 79,000 flights this winter, making air travel tricky for both fliers and the airline industry. so who really decides which flights get canceled and why. bill is an assistant editor for "time" magazine and he traveled to the control center to this get an inside look at the strange and complex world of airline cancellations. he joins us now. bill, nice to see you this morning. >> good morning. >> what did you find? what feels most surprising to you? >> you figure it would be computer systems doing this, but there are a lot of people....

Carolinas. six to 12 inches of snow across the higher elevations of appalachians. here is the forecast for northeast. new york city, five to 10 inches of snow. philadelphia, six to 10. sit. back to you. martha: certainly is. thanks, maria. bill: we're just learning that 79,000 customers now without power in georgia. on the phone brian greene from georgia power. brian, good morning to you. >> good morning. bill: 79,000 customers. that means more people living in that house are without power. the update now is what, sir? >> we're sitting at about 79,000 customers out statewide in georgia. the st...

Bowl fans ready to come in here and celebrate what is america's holiday. a crowd of about 78,000 79,000 will squeeze into the stadium behind me to see who's going to win this big football game that starts at about 6:30 eastern time between the denver broncos and the seattle seahawks. you can already start to smell some of the food that's getting going at this way. my belly is starting to say it might be time to put something in it. >> okay. do the extra precautions -- do they seem to be paying off? i mean, trfrom what you can tell have you seen the air patrols, the bomb sniffing dogs a huge pr...

Second terry rar -- secondary r. >> the girl is hospitalized with nonlife threatening injuries. tdemand for super bowl tickets not as hot as expected. it's not because of the weather. the teams aren't sexy enough. the teams don't have big enough fan bases. the 79,000 tickets have all been sold but taste the retale market that is hurting. a ticket with face value of 800 only being marked up to 1200 on places like stub hub. in past years the retail has been much higher. thousands of police officers in new jersey and in new york hitting land, air and water to tackle any terrorist plot during th...