This was a ceremonious week in Washington, with the certification of the electoral votes and the honoring of the late former President Jimmy Carter at his state funeral — where there also seemed to be some presidential snubbing of sorts of the president-elect.

As the 39th president is eulogized at Washington National Cathedral, Biden tells mourners his long-ago predecessor “taught me ... the strength of character.”

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. During a service that stretched more than an hour,

The late U.S. president was remembered during his state funeral as a man who put honesty and kindness above partisan politics.