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A man who slipped past security at NBC\u2019s \u201cToday\u201d show Thursday morning allegedly lunged at host Craig Melvin while yelling a racial slur after following him into a restricted area, law enforcement sources told TMZ.<\/p>\n

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The intruder initially stormed the studio around 9 AM Eastern Time asking for Al Roker, sources told the outlet.<\/p>\n

He got close enough to confront Melvin before staff and security rushed in and detained him.<\/p>\n

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The incident wasn\u2019t captured on air. Nobody was hurt.<\/p>\n

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A photo taken inside the studio shows Melvin surrounded by several people in the aftermath.<\/p>\n

The exact path the man took remains unclear, but staff are demanding answers about how an unauthorized person managed to trail one of the show\u2019s biggest stars off the publicly accessible plaza and get so deep inside the building undetected.<\/p>\n

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