Savannah Guthrie Makes A Stop At 'today' Show A Month After Mom Nancy's Abduction

Savannah Guthrie made her measurement backmost to NBC’s studios successful New York connected Thursday aft much than a period off-air, but not successful her accustomed capacity.

Instead of helping “Today” viewers statesman their day, nan longtime greeting news anchor paid an off-camera sojourn to her NBC family amid her 84-year-old mother Nancy Guthrie’s abduction successful Arizona. A spokesperson for NBC said successful a connection that “Today” show staple Guthrie spent a infinitesimal astatine NBC’s studios to convey her colleagues.

“While she plans to return to nan show connected air, she remains focused correct now supporting her family and moving to thief bring Nancy home,” nan connection added.

“Today” co-hosts Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones spoke astir their reunion pinch Guthrie during nan show’s 4th hr Thursday, pinch nan erstwhile noting that “Savannah has travel backmost to her home.”

“She said that she has nan volition to return to nan show moreover though it feels nan hardest point to do,” Bush Hager told viewers arsenic she teared up. “It’s besides her location and wherever she feels truthful loved. She is beyond loved here.”

Bush Hager said astir really it “felt truthful bully to get to hug” and comfortableness Guthrie while Jones said she is proud of Guthrie and rooting for her amid nan hunt for Nancy Guthrie. Jones besides commended nan younger Guthrie for her strength.

“I spot it arsenic we’re successful this large wind and we’re not retired of nan large wind but there’s a ray location moreover successful nan midst of nan storm,” Jones added, “and I deliberation her coming present and conscionable being capable to beryllium pinch us, for america to beryllium capable to hug her — I deliberation it’s a step.”

“For me, immoderate clip you tin return a step, I observe that,” added Jones, who was absent from “Today” past twelvemonth because of her hubby Uche Ojeh’s death.

Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped from her location connected Feb. 1, thrusting Savannah Guthrie and her family into nan nationalist spotlight. Amid her mother’s disappearance, Savannah Guthrie pulled retired from NBC’s sum of nan 2026 Winter Olympic Games successful Milan-Cortina successful summation to her “Today” show duties.

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department launched its investigation into nan elder Guthrie’s disappearance past period and insisted Thursday that nan investigation is still successful afloat unit and has immoderate coagulated clues. The section announced that it has a dedicated squad from its homicide portion moving pinch nan FBI connected nan case. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told NBC News that he and his squad judge Nancy Guthrie is still live and are pursuing thousands of leads.

Drops of nan 84-year-old grandmother’s humor were recovered connected nan doorstep of her home. Her suspected abductor snatched nan front-door Nest camera Feb. 1, but not earlier it captured nan ski-masked equipped man pinch a backpack and a weapon lurking connected nan structure and trying to screen nan lens pinch his gloved hand. More than a twelve gloves person since been recovered successful nan surrounding community. But nan 1 mitt that authorities said matched nan 1 worn by nan personification successful nan video turned retired to beryllium unrelated and was from a worker astatine a adjacent restaurant.

There person been nary DNA matches pinch anyone logged successful nan CODIS national database.

Ransom notes came aft nan Feb. 1 kidnapping, but nary pinch impervious that Guthrie was alive. Locals were detained and quickly released arsenic investigative leads appeared to barren up.

Thousands of further tips person poured into nan Pima County Sheriff’s Department since past week, erstwhile Savannah Guthrie announced a $1-million reward for accusation that leads to nan return of her mother.

Nanos said his section is examining video from area homes that shows a car driving astir nan clip of nan abduction, but nary vehicles person been linked to nan crime astatine this point.

During Thursday’s broadcast, Bush Hager told viewers that their support for Guthrie and her family hasn’t gone unnoticed by nan longtime anchor. She besides recalled that during troubling times, Guthrie ne'er viewed her religion arsenic a past resort.

“‘God has ever been my first resort,’” Bush Hager recalled Guthrie saying, adding that her workfellow is “one of nan astir precious things successful our lives.”

“We’re gonna get her backmost here,” Jones said.

Times unit writers Richard Winton and Matthew Ormseth contributed to this report.