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Delaware, the 261st unit my son served with. the tradition is, and i'm only kidding about this, the next time i see you, if you don't have it, you have to buy the drinks. i'm the only irish men you've ever met who's never had a drink. >> okay. so back story. president biden had been consoled by the pope when his son beau died, okay? hold on for a second. and this challenge coin, a command coin, is something a lot of military leaders have. usually it has who you're with on one side and a state or some other information on the other. and they're given as gifts.

Having delia gallagher. i was lucky enough to live history with her today between pope francis and president joe biden. so in one exchange, as i already told you earlier in the show, the president gave him this challenge coin, this command coin, and said, hey, you have to buy the drinks next time. the pope said, yeah, the irish, they like whiskey. but then joe biden told him a story about age being just a number and a matter of perspective, told the story take a listen to this. >> thank you for that. >> a famous african-american baseball player in america and he didn't get to play in the major...

Side bars. that is what we saw because we see what they were saying inside. all those moments, handing him the command coin. i haven't seen those kind of things happen when a head of state meets the pope. this was a very different kind of meeting and i've been watching for 20 years. so there was certainly an ease there. the pope was very receptive to it. i think even the length of time i mean, that's really unprecedented. that's a long time. obviously, there were a lot of policy discussions but points to me this was personal and immanent. >> something else happened that we thought they would l...

Forego papal gifts. they will embarrass themselves. nothing will -- this was a good one, don't try. president biden also gave the pope something that is called a challenge coin. >> i'm not sure if this is appropriate, but there is a tradition in america. that the president has what is called a command coin. that he gives to warriors and leaders. and you are the most significant warrior for peace i have ever met. and with your permission, i would like to be able to give you a coin. i know my son would want me to give this to you because on the

This is "the planning effect" from fidelity. yeah. delia gallagher and i are already talking. you can't come to rome without having delia gallagher. and i was lucky enough to live history with her today between pope francis and president joe biden. so in one exchange as i already told you earlier in the show the president gave him this challenge coin, this command coin and said hey, you've got to buy the drinks next time. and the pope said yeah, the irish, they like whiskey. but then joe biden told him a story about age being just a number and a matter of perspective, told through the story ...