TAKE with里克·克莱因
如果只有一方被邀请参加战斗，你能为一方而战吗?
保守党政治行动会议一直是一个丰富多彩的会议不可靠的仪表的状态动力运动共和党。今年……没那么多。
由于共和党对自己的未来意见不一，拜登担任总统初期最大的保守派聚会将于周五在佛罗里达州奥兰多举行，以此向唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)之前和之后的所有事情致敬包括重复的毫无根据的抱怨关于选举。
乔·史奇普/路透社
技术人员在保守党政治行动会议开始前的舞台上工作
主讲嘉宾包括唐纳德·特朗普、森斯·特德·克鲁兹和乔什·霍利·戈夫。克里斯蒂·诺姆和前国务卿罗恩·德桑蒂斯迈克·蓬佩奥前大使理查德·格雷诺耶和广泛的支持特朗普的众议院议员和评论员。当然，这位前总统本人周日发表了自1月20日以来的首次公开讲话。
未出席:参议员包括米奇·麦康奈尔、本·萨斯或米特·罗姆尼;众议院议员喜欢利兹·切尼还是亚当·金辛格;前联合国大使妮基·黑利;前副总统迈克·彭斯。
今年CPAC的主题是“不可思议的美国”，尽管一位发言人因其极端和反犹太主义的观点而被取消。
但是特朗普和他所代表的东西不需要“不可思议”，如果它们没有被取消的话。很难说这是一次回归有问题的运动从未真正离开。
的纲要亚里沙·威尔斯马
乔·拜登总统可能会在本周结束时达到两个里程碑——他的第一次总统之旅灾区看到他的政府最初步骤的结果第一次重大政策推动。
预计总统将在德克萨斯州度过他的大部分访问时间测量损坏格雷格·艾伯特州长。白宫坚称，此行是出于人道主义原因，但总统在拜登失去的州与共和党州长一起出现的光学效果，但他的政党希望翻转不会缺乏政治。
埃文·武奇/美联社
乔·拜登总统在加州白宫南法庭礼堂的一次活动中发表讲话
在地面上，总统的计划还包括访问该国的第一个联邦疫苗接种中心，位于休斯顿。
“这是联邦、州和地方政府以及公共和私人合作伙伴之间的合作伙伴关系的一个例子，这将有助于完成这项工作，”拜登在出访前称赞道。
尽管如此，两党合作还是有其局限性。周四，白宫新闻秘书珍·普萨基回避一个问题该州的共和党参议员会和空军一号上的总统告诉记者，“可用的空间有一些限制”，她不相信任何政党的成员会加入他的飞行。她也没有表示森斯·约翰·科宁或克鲁兹有任何参加活动的计划围绕这次访问。
两党合作的主题——或缺乏这种合作——可能会在华盛顿继续，届时众议院将对他的1.9万亿美元的大流行病进行投票救济包。
小费肯德尔·胡炬雄
纽约州长安德鲁·科莫被包围了。
联邦调查局正在调查他的冠状病毒特遣部队对它的早期处理养老院死亡人数。他的政府也抵御指责其行为加剧了新冠肺炎(新型冠状病毒肺炎)在大流行开始的时候。他所在政党的一些州议员正在推动剥夺他在大流行期间的广泛紧急权力。还有他的政治敌人呼吁对他否认的性骚扰指控进行调查。
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在2021年2月24日星期三的文件照片中，纽约州长安德鲁·科莫在新闻发布会上发言。
库莫发现自己所处的环境与几个月前大不相同，当他的领导在这场受到称赞的健康危机中，他的每日简报给这个紧张不安的国家带来了一种平静的感觉，他的举止被认为非常适合纽约。现在，弹劾的可能性正在上升——尽管威胁只是在现阶段，立法机构对严厉行动的支持很少。
随着摆在他面前的反弹越来越站不住脚，尤其是当他着眼于2022年的第四个任期时，他现在将在定期简报会上受到质询。
播放列表
美国广播公司新闻“从这里开始”播客。周五早上的一集由美国广播公司新闻首席全球事务记者玛莎·拉德茨(Martha Raddatz)主演，她告诉我们拜登政府为什么在周四晚上对叙利亚进行军事空袭。美国广播公司新闻政治总监里克·克莱因告诉我们，随着保守党政治行动会议的开始，共和党出现了裂痕。美国广播公司新闻的萨沙·佩泽尼克解释了我们对COVID“长运输机”的了解。
CPAC poised to score 1 for Trump in GOP civil war: The Note
The TAKE withRick Klein
Can you have a battle for a party if only one side is invited to the fight?
The Conservative Political Action Conference has long been a colorful if sometimesunreliable gaugeof the state of themovement that powersthe Republican Party. This year … not so much.
With the GOP divided about its future, the biggest gathering of conservatives in the early days of the Biden presidency gets underway in Orlando, Florida, on Friday as a tribute to all things Donald Trump -- up to andincluding rehashed and baseless complaintsabout the election.
Featured speakers include Donald Trump Jr., Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley, Govs. Kristi Noem and Ron DeSantis, former Secretary of StateMike Pompeo, former Ambassador Richard Grenell and a wide range ofpro-Trump House membersand commentators. The former president himself, of course, speaks Sunday, in his first public speech since Jan. 20.
Not attending: Senators including Mitch McConnell, Ben Sasse or Mitt Romney;House members likeLiz Cheney orAdam Kinzinger; former UN AmbassadorNikki Haley; former Vice President Mike Pence.
The theme of this year's CPAC is "America Uncanceled," though one speaker who had been booked was himself canceled for his extreme and anti-Semitic views.
But Trump and what he represents don't need to be "uncanceled" if they weren't canceled in the first place. It's hard to call it a comeback if the person and themovement in questionnever really left.
The RUNDOWN withAlisa Wiersema
President Joe Biden could be closing out the week having achieved two milestones -- his first presidential trip to adisaster areaand seeing the outcome of the initial steps in his administration'sfirst major policy push.
In Texas, the president is expected to spend most of his visitsurveying damagewith Gov. Greg Abbott. The White House insists the trip is happening for humanitarian reasons, but the optics of the president appearing alongside a Republican governor in a state Biden lost but that his party hopes to flip won't be devoid of politics.
On the ground, the president's plans also include a visit to one of the nation's first federalvaccination centers, located in Houston.
"This is an example of the kind of partnership between federal, state and local governments and public and private partners that's going to get this job done," Biden touted in the lead up to his trip.
Still, the bipartisan outreach has its limits. On Thursday, White House press secretary Jen Psakisidestepped a questionabout whether either of the state's GOP senatorswould travel withthe president on Air Force One, telling reporters, "there are some limitations on space available" and that she didn't believe members of any party were joining his flight. She also did not indicate any plans for Sens. John Cornyn or Cruz to participate in eventssurrounding the visit.
The theme of bipartisanship -- or lack thereof -- will likely continue back in Washington, when the House votes on his $1.9 trillion pandemicrelief package.
The TIP withKendall Karson
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is under siege.
The FBIis investigatinghis coronavirus task forceover its early handlingof nursing home deaths. His administration is alsodefending itself againstaccusations that its actions exacerbated the spread ofCOVID-19in nursing homes at the onset of the pandemic. Some state lawmakers in his own party are pushing to strip his sweeping emergency powers during the pandemic amid the fallout. And hispolitical foesare calling for investigations into resurfaced accusations of sexual harassment that he has denied.
Cuomo finds himself in far different environment than just a few months ago,when his leadershipin the health crisis was lauded, his daily briefings brought a sense of calm to an unnerved nation and his demeanor was thought to be well-suited for New York. Now, the possibility of impeachment is being raised -- although the threat is just that at this stage, with little support in the legislature for a severe action.
He is now set to be grilled at his regular briefing, as the backlash unfolding before him becomes increasingly untenable, particularly when he's eyeing a fourth term in 2022.
THE PLAYLIST
ABC News' "Start Here" podcast.Friday morning's episode features ABC News Chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz, who tells us why the Biden administration carried out a military airstrike in Syria Thursday night. ABC News Political Director Rick Klein tells us about the fractures on display in the GOP as Conservative Political Action Conference begins. And ABC News' Sasha Pezenik explains what we're learning about COVID "long haulers."http://apple.co/2HPocUL
