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This is some surprise. president obama pulled a fast one on his friend and vice president joe biden at the white house ceremony thursday. mr. obama had a special honor for biden in gratitude for the eight years of service. it was fight quite an emotionalt for mr. biden. >> to know joe biden is to know love without pretense, service without self regard and to live life fully. as one of his long time colleagues in the senate, who happened to be a republican, said, if you can't admire joe biden as a person, you have a problem. he is as good a man as god ever created. so, joe, for your faith in yo...

Admire you more. >> reporter: their friendship reaching a fever pitch on social media. "happy 55th, barack, a brother to me, a best friend forever." >> to know joe biden is to know love without pretense, service without self-regard, and to live life fully. >> mr. president, i'm indebted to you. i'll indebted to your friendship. >> biden tells me he has no regrets about that decision not to run for president again, and that he has plans for an active life after the white house, the c cancer moonshot, teaching, establishing a foreign policy institute and who knows what else for a man who seems f...

Planned this surprise for vice president biden, kept the plan to himself and a couple of close aides. the plan worked and it led to one of the most emotional moments of the obama white house years. joe biden said he thought he was simply going to toast staff members that the white house event but the vice president was taken completely by surprise when his friend and boss stepped in to present him the nation's highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. >> to know joe biden is to know that love without pretense, service without self-regard, and to live life fully. as one of his ...

Up about that obviously. what it seemed no one knew other than a small group was that the president was about to award him the presidential medal of freedom with distinction, an award that so far has only been bestowed upon the pope, ronald reagan, colin powell, and now vice president biden. as you can imagine, it was very emotional. listen -- >> to know joe biden is to know that love without pretense, service without self-regard, and to live life fully. as one of his longtime colleagues in the senate who happened to be a republican once said, if you can't admire joe biden as a person, you've ...

Number and keeps in touch with them long after. to know joe biden is to know that love without pretense, service without self-regard, and to live life fully. as one of his long-time colleagues in the senate who happened to be a republican once said, if you can't admire joe biden as a person, you have got a problem. he is as good a man as god ever created. so, joe, for your faith in your fellow americans, for your love of country, and for your lifetime of service that will endure through the generations, i would like to ask the military eight to join us on stage. for the final time as president...