dynamic because the three of them now find themselves in this unique historical position of potentially being the ones who will decide this nomination. and look at this friendship, this alliance between flake and coons. it combines two of easily the most interesting surnames in the senate with two of the most interesting biographies. coons went to yale divinitiy school, did time in africa as a student. flake is a religious mormon who did time in africa as a mormon missionary. they have bonded over their experience there. i happen to believe they share a huge basis in faith that has been one of the underpinnings of their relationship. their relationship, the ability of jeff flake and chris coons to work together-s a little bit of an anachronism in the modern senate. the notion that two people would be able to reach out and have a consistent relationship where they will not agree on a lot of things. the funny thing is this was so common. now we look at it and think it
lisa murkowski and susan collins face different pressures in their states but from a similar direction which is people from the left trying to push them towards the center. so it s a very interesting dynamic because the three find themselves in the unique historical position of potentially being the ones to decide this. it combines two of easily the most interesting surnames in the senate with two of the most interesting biographies. flake is a religious mormon who did time in africa as a mormon missionary. they have bonded over their experience there. i happen to believe they share a huge basis in faith that has been one of the under pinnings of their relationship. their relationship, the ability to work together is a little bit of an acroinism. the notion that they can have a consistent relationship where they will not agree on a lot of things. the funny thing is this was so common. now we look at it and think it
concert today. you both did work abroad in sub saharan africa. we re almost the same age, we re both 55 p 555 when he we n our 20s, i spent a semester in kenya and he was a mormon missionary. we both lived and worked in south africa. he work this was in the late 80s. and i was the chair of the sub committee my first four chairs and he is the chair now. we ve traveled together to africa. we ve legislated together on africa. and it is great to be at global citizen together. senator, thank you so much. now back to the show. all right. thank you. we are now hearing from the prime minister of antiqua and barbuda, they are making a major commitment to this effort. take a listen. the first in latin america
down here and actually is some rooted in some common and shared experiences that relate to why we re at the global citizen concert today. you both did work abroad in sub-saharan africa. that s right. we re both 55, a few months apart. when we were in our 20s, i spent a semester in kenya, he spent some time in zimbabwe as a mormon missionary. we ve both lived and worked in africa. this was in the late 80s when the antiapartheid was an absolutely critical part of the continent and the world and i was the chair of the africa subcommittee my first four years and he succeeded me. he s the chair now. we ve traveled together to africa. we ve legislated together on africa. and it s great to be at global citizen together. senator chris coons, thank you so much. now back to the show. all right. that was my conversation earlier with chris coons of delaware. of course we have joy reid and