Daughter of late Capitol police officer takes center stage at White House ceremony

President Biden was briefly upstaged Thursday by the 7-year-old daughter of a US Capitol Police officer who died in April after he was struck by a car at a barricade.

Shortly before Biden signed a bill awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to all law enforcement officers who responded to the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol, he pointed to Abigail Evans and beckoned her to join him at the desk in the White House Rose Garden. After Abigail scampered up to the president, followed by brother Logan, Biden pulled her in for a one-armed embrace. As the girl greeted Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden began signing the legislation with a series of ceremonial pens.