cnn's pri sescilla alvarez. >> reporter: he'll be going down with his own officials. the fema administrator will travel with the president as he sees the devastation firsthand. the president has been raegulary briefed since these wildfires ripped through maui and has been deploying federal assets to the islands to assist them in their recovery. this will be a moment for the president to see it all firsthand and to go into his consoler in chief mode. that's something we've seen many times when he has visited devastation in empathizing and sympathizing with the people on the ground and assuring them they will get the resources they need. >> biden held a historic trilateral summit with japan and south korea at camp david yesterday.