President Joe Biden on Wednesday canceled the final overseas trip of his presidency just hours before he was set to depart for Rome and the Vatican, choosing to remain in Washington to monitor the response to devastating fires raging in California.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday met his first great-grandchild — and then pledged full aid to California firefighters battling a series of disastrous wildfires just miles to the west. The back-to-back trips to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and a Santa Monica fire hall were unscheduled detours on one of final trips of Biden’s presidency.

This year, President Biden awarded the medal to Michael J Fox, Denzel Washington, Bono, Hillary Clinton, Lionel Messi, and Ralph Lauren, amongst others.

Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter’s decades-long friendship will be on display one last time as Biden eulogizes Carter during his state funeral at Washington National Cathedral

Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, will lie in state Tuesday night and again Wednesday. He receives a state funeral Thursday at Washington National Cathedral. Biden will deliver a eulogy.