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Disagree with them but they're grateful for the support. his successor in the super bowl, which do you think president obama would rather talk about, jay tapper asked him in an exclusive interview. >> i'm going to give you a choice, you have to pick one. >> yeah. >> i'll give you two. hillary versus biden or broncos versus seahawks. you have to tell me -- you have to pick one and give me the winner. >> well, i think that broncos/seahawks -- >> you're going to go with that one? >> surprisingly enough. >> i think it's going to be a lot like the seahawks/49ers game. i think it will come down to...

Controversy, the release of "lone survivor." you talked to mar russ latrell -- marcus luttrell. >> i have not. >> when you look at some of the interaction with jay tapper calling the war senseless. when you see some of the liberal critics saying this was a big promo to to be a marine. what's your reaction? >> i don't understand what they're talking about, to be honest. i will say marcus lotrel's answer, i wish i could be that eloquent. >> this is outrageous. >> sure. >> i'm on a bunch of e-mail lists and veterans and i stay in touch. that made the rounds immediately. it really gets your ire up...

Glenn greenwald joins us tonight. want to play something vice president dick cheney said to jay tapper when he interviewed him earlier this week. tapper asked him about edward snowden. i want to play what he said. >> the problem with snowden is he had access to classified information. he violated conditions under which they got those. he's a traitor, pure and simple. and i don't think you can judge him any other way. there's some people who say he's a whistle-blower. he's talked about methods and ways we collect intelligence. >> a number of people said and come around and changed their opinion...

Year's deadliest day for the u.s. in afghanistan. a storm of bullets, rockets, grenades and mortars rained down on a u.s. outpost. combat outpost keating as it was named was deep in a valley, surrounded by mountains. the day-long battle left eight americans dead. but alongside the tragedy, the story of combat outpost keating is also one of courage and a bullet proof loyalty that bonds soldiers when most of us would cower in fear. i'm jake tapper. on monday here at the white house, president obama is scheduled to decorate one of the heroes of that battle with the medal of honor. his name is sta...

Ty carter. jay has the story. >> reporter: >> reporter: hours into the battle the soldiers of black night troop are fighting back. two of them are pinned down in a humvee. >> you're in this humvee and you're sitting ducks. >> yeah. >> you can't leave but you can't stay. what happened? >> it got to the point where a sniper knew where i was at. i would open the window and fire across the river at insurgents and i remember closing the window. as soon as i closed it sparks shot out. the two inch gap i had in my rifle the sniper zeroed in on it and was trying to put a bullet in the vehicle. >> repo...