[applause] ladies and gentlemen, norman jones. jones: hello. diverged in a.nd i, i took the one less traveled by. and, that has made all the difference. today, in a country and the different of so many roads to choose. as robert frost said, they are make a difference both positive and negative. the hardest part, however, will always be which -- choosing which road to shows. in life, when identifying our own house, we must do as we do with any ordinary street, road, or pathway. .irst, try not to go alone then, look for signs. finally, never turn back on our decision. these three steps will ensure you make the right turns in behind. not be left so, if taking the high road involves bringing others to a solution, and notice i did not say that with others to fix a problem. now, when we go out, our parents often tell us, do not go by yourself. are they morass, and you going with other people? asy say this for assurance my government to dangerous places. when an opportunity arises, we are so focused on keeping it to ourselves that we do not share it with others that

[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, we will now hear from norman jones, the winner of the martin luthering oratorical competition sponsored by the sorority. i am going to go for a minute. i found out backstage that norman one for the third consecutive time in 2015. -- norman won for the third consecutive time in 2015 and he is joined here today by his parents and three of his grandparents. welcome. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, norman jones. [applause] >> two roadster verged in her would -- in a wood. and i, i took the one less traveled by. and, that has made all the difference. today, in a country and the world full of so many different roads to choose. as robert frost said, they are -- all make a difference both positive and negative. the hardest part, however, will always be which -- choosing which road. in life, when identifying our own house, we must do as we do with any ordinary street, road, or pathway. first, try not to go alone. then, look for signs. and finally, never turn back on our decision. these three steps will ensure you make the right turns in order to not be left b

the very next week josh norman was absolutely torched by julio jones of the falcons. a lot of his teammates said his mind was out of the game because of how odell beckham responded at the end of that giants game by hitting josh norman with his helmet and then catching a tying touchdown. in nfl circles, o'dedell beckha violent response has been valorized which has its own odd feel to it. because it's, like, how do you best respond to homophobia, with violence, and if you do that, that violence is valorized. the last thing we need in the nfl is more valorized violence. >> maybe he's gay but at least he is appropriately violent. >> i was actually at that game. it's almost a third play. you saw those two fighting and going after it. granted, first of all, look, the refs should have stopped it, number one. two is the fact that this really has to do with the fact that, you know, this isn't so much about homophobia as it is about hating women. about hating female -- quote/unquote female behavior. this is wade davis' group. and, you know, at the heart of the home phobia, espec

when we had members of the american energy innovation council, remember it was norman agustÍn and a guy francisco, general jones i believe, and they were basically saying that we used to spend a higher percentage of our gdp on energy research, and at a time where, you know, in the paper today 2015, hottest year on record by significant margin over the previous hottest year which i think was -- all i know it was the previous year, and we have a real problem here, and so my question is -- and it could be to anyone but specially mr. freedman, shouldn't we be spending more on basic research on this exact research as a percentage of our gdp? >> well, in short the answer is yes, absolutely, and in fact, that's why president obama joined with 19 other world leaders in november in kicking off an effort called mission innovation, which is about trying to not only get the united states but the globe to potentially as much as double spending on clean energy. the way government works really well is by working on the tough problems that industry can't do on its own and being in a position handoff those advances to industry