Joe Biden takes part in virtual prayer service broadcast from National Cathedral in final act of his COVID-safe inauguration – before getting to work on dealing with pandemic Joe Biden will close out his inaugural events Thursday morning by watching a virtual inauguration prayer service hosted by the Washington National Cathedral before getting to work The president will deliver remarks on his administration's plan to tackle the coroanvirus pandemic before signing even more executive orders and actions related to the crisis He will then receive an update from his COVID-19 task force, led by Obama-era veteran Jeff Zients On Wednesday, Biden spent his first few hours as president signing 17 executive orders and actions, undoing much of donald Trump's legacy – like the southern border wall and 'Muslim travel ban'