Savannah Guthrie makes a stop at 'Today' show a month after mom Nancy's abduction

Savannah Guthrie made her mode 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, the longtime greeting quality anchor paid an off-camera sojourn to her NBC household amid her 84-year-old parent Nancy Guthrie’s abduction successful Arizona. A spokesperson for NBC said successful a connection that “Today” amusement staple Guthrie spent a infinitesimal astatine NBC’s studios to convey her colleagues.

“While she plans to instrumentality to the amusement connected air, she remains focused close present supporting her household and moving to assistance bring Nancy home,” the connection added.

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

“She said that she has the volition to instrumentality to the amusement adjacent though it feels the hardest happening 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 spoke astir however it “felt truthful bully to get to hug” and comfortableness Guthrie portion Jones said she is arrogant of Guthrie and rooting for her amid the hunt for Nancy Guthrie. Jones besides commended the younger Guthrie for her strength.

“I spot it arsenic we’re successful this tempest and we’re not retired of the tempest but there’s a airy determination adjacent successful the midst of the storm,” Jones added, “and I deliberation her coming present and conscionable being capable to beryllium with us, for america to beryllium capable to hug her — I deliberation it’s a step.”

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

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

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

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

There person been nary DNA matches with anyone logged successful the CODIS national database.

Ransom notes came aft the Feb. 1 kidnapping, but nary with impervious that Guthrie was alive. Locals were detained and rapidly released arsenic investigative leads appeared to adust up.

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

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

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

“‘God has ever been my archetypal resort,’” Bush Hager recalled Guthrie saying, adding that her workfellow is “one of the 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.