This morning on Today, while Meredith Vieira, Al Roker and Willie Geist were outside on the plaza, a man disrupted the show by trying to jump the barriers holding the crowd back and yelling out something like “God’s gift to music!” Geist was describing a clip of video at the time, so the cameras didn’t catch what was happening, but the audio is frightening. You can hear Vieira shout, “Oh, Jesus!” and then the sounds of a scuffle. Roker says, “Oh, dear!” Apparently NBC security and NYPD took the dude down. We thought heard the word “gun” — scary! But we’re wont to freak out like that. Anyhow: Everyone is fine, and you can continue to get your “news” watered-down and cheerful as ever.
Police Stop Man Who Disrupts ‘Today’ Show [USA Today]
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