The logs were stacked high and flames filled the Oval Office fireplace as President Joe Biden sat next to President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday. Biden smiled and extended his hand in welcome. It was a meeting Biden hoped could bring down the temperature in American politics but the halting introductions betrayed the awkwardness of the moment.

Reporters snapped pictures as the two presidents shook hands in front of an Oval Office fireplace and discussed Trump's upcoming January return to Washington, D.C.President Biden said he's "looking forward to having,

President-elect Donald Trump will return to Washington on Wednesday — entering the White House for the first time since being voted out of office — to meet with President Joe Biden for a ceremony meant to signal the peaceful transfer of power.

This marks Trump's first time back in the White House since ending his presidency under a cloud of election denialism four years ago.

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Biden started to make good on his promise of a peaceful transfer of power, hosting Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday. CBS News New York's Jessica Moore has the latest on the meeting and how Trump's cabinet is taking shape.

President-elect Donald Trump traveled to Washington, D.C. Wednesday to meet with President Joe Biden in a ceremonial tradition representing a smooth and peaceful transfer of power. Trump returned to his old office- the Oval Office- and participated in the ritual he declined to participate in four years ago.