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Biden is waking up in Wilmington, Delaware, before heading to Washington for his inauguration as the 46th president of the United States.

On President Trump's final full day in office, he's expected to end his term bunkered behind the White House, as he has for the last week, focused on who will benefit from his pardon powers. He is expected to issue pardons and commutations, potentially more than 100 before he departs Wednesday, but sources tell ABC News that a self-pardon and pardons for family are unlikely.

Trump is also expected to release a taped video message to the public at some point Tuesday, after first lady Melania Trump on Monday afternoon tweeted a nearly 7-minute long farewell video looking back on her time in the White House.

With just hours to go until his departure, and potentially the start of his impeachment trial pending Pelosi sending the article of impeachment to the Senate, Trump is still set to skip his successor's swearing-in -- the first president to do so since Andrew Johnson in 1869 -- and hold a large sendoff of his own hours before Biden takes the oath of office at noon on Wednesday.

Sources say Trump plans chopper via Marine One to Joint Base Andrews where he is expected to give brief remarks to supporters and departing members of his administration. Sources add that Trump has requested the event to have a "military-like feel" and will have a military band, red carpet and an honor guard. The president will then fly down to Mar-a-Lago in Florida aboard Air Force One with a small number of staffers who will be part of his post-presidency operation, according to the sources.

One of Trump's final actions as president taken Monday night was to lift travel restrictions imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, but in a sign of what's to come, the incoming Biden administration said the lift will be reversed before it even takes effect.

Tuesday will also see five of Biden's Cabinet nominees before Senate committees handling their confirmation hearings including Avril Haines to serve as director of national intelligence, Janet Yellen to serve as treasury secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas to serve as the homeland security secretary, Tony Blinken to serve as secretary of state, and Lloyd Austin to serve as secretary of defense. The committee schedule is ramping up at the same time Trump's impeachment trial is expected to start -- a challenge for the Senate, which is also reeling from the attack on the U.S. Capitol less than two weeks ago.

-ABC News' Ben Gittleson

Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will mark the lives lost to COVID-19 in a special event in Washington the night before the inauguration, according to their transition team.

The two will speak at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Tuesday evening, according to a schedule.

As of Monday evening, 398,879 Americans have died from the coronavirus, according to data from John Hopkins' Coronavirus Resource Center.

The Biden Presidential Inaugural Committee began its transformation of the National Mall ahead of Wednesday's ceremony with a special light decoration Monday evening.

Fifty-six pillars of light, representing the 56 U.S. states and territories, illuminate a "Field of Flags" public art display.

The display includes nearly 200,000 U.S. flags meant to represent the Americans who are not able to travel to the inauguration due to COVID-19.

The lights were turned on ahead of the "United We Serve" event being held later Monday evening. The event commemorates Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

-ABC News' Molly Nagle

The president is unlikely to issue pre-emptive pardons to his children and other close associates, despite weeks of internal battles among White House aides, sources with knowledge of the conversations confirmed to ABC News. The sources went on to say that they do not expect Trump to issue a pardon for himself. The sources noted the conversations have been fluid and the president has been known to change his mind at times.  

Trump has been encouraged by allies to issue pardons to his children and himself over fears of possible criminal investigations, specifically after Trump's call with Georgia state officials regarding the 2020 election results and after Trump and members of his family spoke at a rally held on the National Mall that incited the riot on Capitol Hill.  

The list of pardons the Trump administration is expected to issue in the final hours of Trump's presidency is growing smaller, with sources saying the final list could amount to just over 100.  

-ABC News’ John Santucci and Katherine Faulders