{"id":300520,"date":"2026-07-20T12:16:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T12:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/300520\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T12:16:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T12:16:39","slug":"al-roker-craig-melvin-talk-about-today-show-security-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/300520\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Roker, Craig Melvin talk about ‘Today’ show security breach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Al Roker is embracing his \u201cToday\u201d show family after an intruder sneaked into NBC\u2019s studios and hurled racial slurs<\/a> at his cohost, Craig Melvin.<\/p>\n

\u201cA really heartfelt thank you<\/a> to all who reached out over the last 24 hours to check in on my brother, @craigmelvinnbc. We are both okay,\u201d Roker wrote on Instagram Friday, marking his first public comments on the security breach at Studio 1A inside New York City\u2019s Rockefeller Center.<\/p>\n

The social media post<\/a> also included a series of photos featuring Roker and Melvin.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s moments like these that serve to pull us together,\u201d he continued. \u201cLike Craig said, \u2018You come after one of us, you come after all of us.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\"InIn main, Carson Daly, Savannah Guthrie, Craig Melvin and Al Roker are pictured on the “TODAY” show set in Manhattan on April 6, 2026. Alleged intruder, Andrew Truelove, is pictured inset in 2023. (Photos by Jose Perez\/Bauer-Griffin\/GC Images; Genaro Molina\/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The weatherman\u2019s comments come a day after suspect Andrew Truelove entered the \u201cToday\u201d show\u2019s studio by hiding behind an employee<\/a>, who unknowingly used an ID to scan them both into a restricted area, according to an official complaint in the case. Once backstage, he reportedly sought out Roker, only to come face to face with Melvin in a stairway accessible only to employees. He demanded to know Roker\u2019s whereabouts before calling Melvin the \u201cn-word,\u201d the complaint said.<\/p>\n

Truelove was subsequently detained by a New York Police Department officer working a paid detail, and he is being held on $10,000 bond. He faces a count of burglary in the third degree as a hate crime and a count of menacing in the third degree as a hate crime.<\/p>\n

\"AA local resident gives Andrew Truelove a bottle of water and some snacks at a gas station in Torrance, California, on July 18, 2023, during a feature story profile on homelessness by the Los Angeles Times. (Genaro Molina\/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Melvin also addressed the incident<\/a> during a segment on the \u201cToday\u201d show Friday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou may have heard that unfortunately an intruder made his way into an unauthorized area here at Studio 1A,\u201d he said. \u201cThankfully, he was apprehended quickly, he was placed under arrest, we are cooperating fully with NYPD as they investigate the matter and we are just very happy that everyone is safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"FILEFILE – Andrew Truelove exits an area where he relieved himself behind a dumpster in Torrance, California, on July 18, 2023, during a feature story profile on homelessness by the Los Angeles Times. (Genaro Molina\/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

NBC previously confirmed the security breach in a statement released Thursday, saying it \u201cis cooperating fully with law enforcement as they investigate the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

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