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It was first reported by TMZ. Citing law enforcement sources, the outlet said the intruder was asking for longtime \u201cToday\u201d personality Al Roker and when he couldn\u2019t find Roker he confronted Melvin \u2014 lunging at him while yelling the N-word. The man was arrested and nobody was physically injured.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4320\">Danny Boyle\u2019s \u2018Ink,\u2019 Starring Jack O\u2019Connell, Guy Pearce and Claire Foy, to Open Venice Film Festival<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tNBC News did not immediately provide comment on the incident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a man broke through security at the &#8220;Today&#8221; show set at Rockefeller Center and was arrested after he lunged at co-host Craig Melvin and shouted the N-word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[3503,1500],"class_list":["post-4326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv","tag-craig-melvin","tag-today"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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