唐纳德·特朗普总统将确保周一再次提名并立即寻求将大选变成一场个人的角逐——特朗普式的大规模但几乎是虚拟的共和党全国代表大会，旨在与他的对手形成鲜明对比。
但是前副总统乔·拜登和参议员卡马拉·哈里斯对特朗普来说并不容易把它们变成漫画。拜登在初选中的谨慎路线让新团队获得了一个相对中间派的大会信息，为竞选的最后10周做准备。
在他们的作为入场券的首次面试，美国广播公司的大卫·穆尔和罗宾·罗伯茨，拜登和哈里斯拒绝增税对于小企业和收入低于40万美元的人。他们还与全民医疗保险保持距离，并试图重新构建关于解散警察的论点，声称特朗普是提议削减支持地方执法项目的人。
前副总统乔·拜登在特拉华州威尔明顿参加了他与竞选伙伴参议员卡马拉·哈里斯的首次联合采访。，2020年8月21日。
拜登是以他的传统为基础服务“所有美国人”的承诺
他告诉罗伯茨:“总统的工作就是代表每一个人，不管他们是否投票给你。”
拜登说:“总统的工作是治愈创伤。”采访快结束时穆尔。“我已经准备好伸出援手了。”
特朗普是观看他的大会作为重铸竞选的机会。但他的剧本仍然呼吁一个拜登不一定会成为的对手——在这场竞争中，特朗普远胜于他的对手。
美国广播公司新闻直播将于美国东部时间每天晚上7点在该网络的流媒体新闻频道开始黄金时段的报道，黄金时段的报道将于美国东部时间每晚10点到11点在美国广播公司电视网播出。
领先于本周的全国代表大会，共和党代表聚集在北卡罗来纳州夏洛特市，批准了一系列决议，这些决议相当令人瞠目结舌，因为该国仍在继续抗击冠状病毒，并就种族不平等展开辩论。
一项决议明确驳斥了“南方贫困法律中心认定仇恨团体的合法性。”
该决议是在南方贫困法律中心与特朗普总统、他的家人和他的政府在政策和言论上发生冲突后做出的。这个历史悠久、广受信任的民权组织多年来一直提供数据，证明总统对一些被视为白人至上主义组织的极右团体的支持“助长了白人的气焰。”
共和党成员的另一项决议指出，随着新冠肺炎案件的继续增加，“自由集会已经被用来换取‘掩盖的社会距离’，然而机会主义的暴力抗议者和赌场常客仍然被允许集会的权利。”该决议似乎是在嘲笑两党的医疗专业人士和地方领导人所推动的“掩盖的社会距离”。就连夏洛特的代表们自己也被要求在本周的会议中心戴上面具。
相当极端的政策平台预示着一个约定俗成的项目，这个项目对更温和的共和党人来说非常单薄。
没有前任总统——相反，我们现在知道的是，共和党大会将严重依赖总统的直系亲属、一些当选官员和一些普通美国人的个人证明...虽然有些是预计会引起很大争议。
除了一些例外，共和党人冒着他们的节目缺乏种族和民族多样性的风险，以及支持总统信息的重量级人物。
随着民主党候选人的正式提名聚光灯现在移动对特朗普和他的RNC来说，2020年他再次被提名时的场景与2016年他获得提名时的场景不同。
之后克利夫兰会议四年前，从未有过的王牌给会场带来了混乱，这一次，特朗普得到了他的政党的全力支持。根据美国广播公司的一项分析，除了一名代表之外，所有代表都将授予他，使他能够在周一早上的点名中成为该党未来四年的旗手。在上周末通过的一项决议中，代表们确认，2016年的纲领将在2024年保持不变——这是早在6月份做出的决定——代表们还承诺“继续热情支持总统的美国第一议程”，进一步强调了四年来发生的巨大变化。
2020年8月17日，威斯康星州奥什科什市，总统唐纳德·特朗普在巴斯勒飞行服务站的支持者面前做手势。
这共和党大会的第一天充满了程序性事务，包括在整个四天活动中唯一的面对面部分正式提名特朗普。预计本周的现场演讲可能会有一小群人出席，但大约有330名代表已经准备好在北卡罗来纳州夏洛特市的聚会上发言。夏洛特市是整个大会的原会场，现在已经被女王城和华盛顿特区分开。在夏洛特市的代表聚会上，每个州、地区和哥伦比亚特区都只派出了一个六人代表团。
消息人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，特朗普预计将在夏洛特会议中心“惊喜”亮相，此时他的政党将再次把总统宝座交给他，副总统迈克·彭斯也将出席。但是将代表们带进会议中心的室内会议并不是没有安全协议——面具、温度检测、在家新冠肺炎测试和接触追踪都将是会议的一部分。
还有一件事
在第一次联合采访中民主党总统候选人乔·拜登和他的竞选伙伴，前副总统参议员卡马拉哈里斯告诉美国广播公司“今晚世界新闻”主持人大卫穆尔说，每个人都应该支付“他们的公平份额。”拜登对穆尔说:“我将对年收入超过40万美元的人增税。”他补充说，“对收入低于40万美元的人，不会增税。”
播放列表
美国广播公司新闻“从这里开始”播客。周一早上的节目由美国广播公司新闻高级国家通讯员特里·莫兰主持，他预览了未来的总统唐纳德·特朗普-共和党全国代表大会。然后，美国广播公司“今夜世界新闻”的主持人大卫·穆尔告诉我们他与美国广播公司“早安美国”的联合主持人罗宾·罗伯茨以及民主党总统候选人乔·拜登和参议员卡马拉·哈里斯一起接受的独家采访。随着野火继续肆虐加州，美国广播公司新闻频道的凯丽·哈东从消防线上进行了报道。http://apple.co/2HPocUL
美国广播公司新闻“发电站政治”播客。前新泽西州州长和美国广播公司新闻撰稿人克里斯·克里斯蒂在共和党全国代表大会的第一天，加入美国广播公司新闻政治总监里克·克莱因和白宫首席记者乔纳森·卡尔的行列。
The Note: As GOP convention begins, Trump searches for opponent Biden isn’t
The TAKE withRick Klein
President Donald Trump willsecure renomination Mondayand immediately seek to make the general-election race personal -- with a Trump-heavy though mostly virtual Republican National Convention aimed at defining contrasts with his opponent.
But former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harrisaren't making it easy for Trumpto turn them into caricatures. A cautious Biden path through the primaries led the new team to a relatively centrist convention message to set up the final 10 weeks of the campaign.
In theirfirst interviews as a ticket, with ABC's David Muir and Robin Roberts, Biden and Harrisrejected tax increasesfor small businesses and anyone making less than $400,000. They also distanced themselves from Medicare for All and sought to reframe the argument about defunding police to assert that Trump is the one proposing cuts to programs that support local law enforcement.
Former Vice President Joe Biden participates in his first his first joint interview with his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, in Wilmington, Del., on Aug 21, 2020.
Biden isbuilding on his conventioncommitment to serve "all Americans."
"The job of a president is to represent everyone, whether they voted for you or not," he told Roberts.
"The president's job is to heal," Biden saidtoward the end of his interviewwith Muir. "I'm ready to reach out."
Trump isviewing his conventionas a chance to recast the campaign. But his scripts still call for an opponent Biden won't necessarily be -- in the context of a race that remains far more about Trump than about his opponent.
ABC News Live will kick off primetime coverage each day at 7 p.m. ET on the network's streaming news channel, and primetime coverage will air from 10-11 p.m. ET each night of the convention on the ABC Television Network.
The RUNDOWN withMaryAlice Parks
Ahead of thenational convention this week,Republican delegates gathered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and approved a number of resolutions that were rather eye-popping as the country continues to battle the coronavirus and debate racial inequity.
One resolution specifically refutes the "legitimacy of the Southern Poverty Law Center to identify hate groups."
The resolution comes after the Southern Poverty Law Center has clashed with President Trump, his family and his administration over both policy and rhetoric. The longstanding and widely trusted civil rights organization has for years laid out data to argue that the president's embrace of some far-right groups deemed to be white supremacist organizations "emboldens white nationals."
Another resolution from the GOP members states that, as COVID-19 cases continue to rise, "free assembly has been traded for 'masked social distancing,' yet opportunistic violent protesters and casino goers are still allowed the right to assemble." The resolution appears to mock "masked social distancing," which medical professions and local leaders from both parties have pushed. Even the delegates in Charlotte themselves have been required to wear masks inside the convention center for their meeting this week.
The rather extreme policy platforms predicate a convention program that is very thin on more moderate GOP speakers.
No former presidents -- instead what we know right now is that the Republican convention will lean heavily on the president's immediate family, a few elected officials, and some average Americans' personal testimonials ... though some areexpected to be rather controversial.
With some exceptions, Republicans run the risk of their programming lacking much racial and ethnic diversity as well as heavy-hitters to endorse the president's message.
The TIP withKendall KarsonandWill Steakin
With the Democratic ticket officially nominated, thespotlight now movesto Trump and his RNC, with a different scene expected for his renomination in 2020 than he had for his nomination in 2016.
After theconvention in Clevelandfour years ago saw never-Trumpers bring chaos to the convention floor, this time around,Trump has the full backing of his party.All but one delegate will be awarded to him, according to an ABC News analysis, allowing him to cruise to become the party's standard-bearer for the next four years at Monday morning's roll call. And in a resolution approved over the weekend affirming that the 2016 platform will remain in place through 2024 -- a decision made back in June -- delegates also pledged to "continue to enthusiastically support the President's America-first agenda," further underscoring how much things have changed in four years.
President Donald Trump gestures in front of supporters at Basler Flight Service in Oshkosh, Wis., Aug. 17, 2020.
Thefirst day of the Republican conventionis filled with procedural business, including formally nominating Trump at the only in-person portion of the entire four-day event. Small crowds might be present at the live speeches expected throughout the week, but some 330 delegates are ready to tick through party business in Charlotte, North Carolina, the original site of the entire convention, which has now been split between the Queen City and Washington, D.C. For the gathering of delegates in Charlotte, each state, territory, and the District of Columbia sent only a six-person delegation.
Trump is expected to make a "surprise" appearance at the Charlotte Convention Center, just as his party delivers him the reins once again, alongside Vice President Mike Pence, sources tell ABC News. But bringing delegates into an indoor meeting inside the convention center will not be without safety protocols -- masks, temperature checks, at-home COVID-19 testing and contact tracing will all be part of the gathering.
ONE MORE THING
In the first joint interview withDemocratic presidential nominee Joe Bidenand his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, the former vice president told ABC "World News Tonight" anchor David Muir that everybody should pay "their fair share." "I will raise taxes for anybody making over $400,000," Biden told Muir, adding, "no new taxes" would be raised for anyone making under $400,000.
THE PLAYLIST
ABC News' "Start Here" Podcast.Monday morning's episode features ABC News Senior National correspondent Terry Moran, who previews what promises to be a PresidentDonald Trump-heavy Republican National Convention. Then, ABC "World News Tonight" anchor David Muir tells us about his exclusive interview alongside ABC "Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris. And, ABC News' Kaylee Hartung checks in from the fire line as wildfires continue to ravage California.http://apple.co/2HPocUL
ABC News' "Powerhouse Politics" Podcast.Former New Jersey Governor and ABC News ContributorChris Christiejoins ABC News Political Director Rick Klein and Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl on the first day of the Republican National Convention.https://bit.ly/2w091jE
