‘Today’ Show Intruder Arrested After Allegedly Lunging at Craig Melvin and Yelling Racial Slur

Variety reports that a man broke through security at the Today show's Rockefeller Center set on Thursday morning and was arrested after lunging at co-host Craig Melvin and shouting a racial slur. Sources familiar with the situation told the outlet the incident happened around nine a.m. Eastern and was not captured on the broadcast.

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