With less than two months to go until the November elections, Republicans are gathering in Dallas Wednesday for the party\u2019s first-ever midterm convention, aiming to fire up voters. President Donald Trump is set to speak at the two-day event. It comes as the president is drawing criticism for new comments he made about Sept. 11, suggesting he was pulled from a building near ground zero but then later clarified he was not at ground zero on 9\/11. NBC\u2019s Ryan Nobles reports for TODAY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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