his speech is about half an hour. [ applause ] thank you. thank you very much. [ applause ] thank you. thank you very much. oh, my goodness. thank you. thank you all. please be seated. lieutenant governor kegel, speaker ralston, speaker pro tem shaffer and speaker pro tem jones, members of this great general assembly, constitutional officers, members of the consulate corps, and my fellow georgians, in 1944, georgia s own johnny mercer wrote the lyrics of a song titled accentuate the positive. the most memorable lines from that song are, you ve got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, latch on to the affirmative, don t mess around with mr. in between. now, that was great advice for our nation as world war ii was drawing to a close. and it s great advice for all of us today. for the past six years, i ve had the opportunity to report to you on the state of our state. and i do so again today. the first year was 2011, and i was just entering the office of govern
and welcome to the family. olympic skier lindsey vonn is talking for the first time since bowing out of the games and announcing a new role with us, tuesday, january 28th, 2014. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a tuesday morning. i m savannah guthrie. and i m matt lauer alongside al roker and tamron hall. let s get to the breaking news on this morning. lindsey vonn with a new man in her life. lindsey vonn is joining us this morning along with leo. a little camera shy. and a rather nasty brace on that right knee. lindsey, how you doing? i m good, thanks. how are you? we re doing great. and lindsey s got a big announcement. and we re going to catch up what s been going on in her life over the last several weeks. get used to these hours, lindsey. but we want to get to our top story this morning. the latest round of really cold wea