"I told the governor and local officials, spare no expense," President Biden said, calling the damage "catastrophic."

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris hosted a briefing Friday on how federal resources are helping the Los Angeles area fight and recover from the massive fires, as President- elect Donald Trump criticizes the federal and state response.

The Biden administration announced Friday it would extend temporary deportation relief of nearly 1 million people from El Salvador, Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela, just days before Donald Trump enters the White House with a vow to restrict the program.

Some 937,000 immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine and Sudan could benefit from the extension of temporary protections.

President Joe Biden had good news to deliver in the final jobs report of his administration, which saw jobs growth that defied expectations. Speaking from the Roosevelt Room in the White House on Friday evening, Biden touted the "transformational progress" the economy has made under his watch.

As they filed into the front pews at Washington National Cathedral, wearing dark suits and mostly solemn faces, five current and former presidents came together for Jimmy Carter's funeral. For a service that stretched more than an hour,