Savannah Guthrie to return to Today show as search for mother continues
The US television presenter will return to hosting the NBC news programme in April.
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Notable Quotes
"I don't know if I can do it. I don't know if I'll belong anymore, but I would like to try."
— Savannah Guthrie , Celebrity
"To think that I brought this to her bedside, that it's because of me."
— Savannah Guthrie , Celebrity
"Part of my purpose right now."
— Savannah Guthrie , Celebrity
"I can’t come back and try to be something that I’m not. But I can’t not come back because it’s my family."
— Savannah Guthrie , Celebrity
"It’s where she belongs. It’s where we all want her to be. We cannot wait to welcome her back with open arms."
— Craig Melvin , Celebrity
"Today is her home, and where she feels so loved, and she is beyond loved here."
— Jenna Bush Hager , Celebrity
"someone needs to do the right thing and come forward with information to help the investigation."
— Savannah Guthrie , Celebrity
"joy will be my protest."
— Savannah Guthrie , Celebrity
"I think it’s part of my purpose right now."
— Savannah Guthrie , Celebrity
"someone needs to do the right thing and come forward with information to help the investigation."
— Savannah Guthrie , Celebrity
"This is not OK. Something is very wrong here."
— Savannah Guthrie , Celebrity
"Which is too much to bear, to think that I brought this to her bedside, that it’s because of me."
— Savannah Guthrie , Celebrity
Key People
Chris Nanos is the Pima County Sheriff.
Craig Melvin is a co-host on the Today show.
Journalist and television personality who co-hosts the TODAY show.
Jenna Bush Hager is a co-host of NBC's Today programme.
Nancy Guthrie is an 84-year-old woman who was recently abducted from her home in Arizona.
Savannah Guthrie is an American news anchor and journalist.
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The US television presenter will return to hosting the NBC news programme in April.
Savannah Guthrie has announced her return to the 'Today' show on April 6, following a personal tragedy involving the disappearance of her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, who was reported missing on February 1.
Savannah Guthrie will return to NBC’s “Today” show on April 6 following a nearly two-month absence due to the disappearance of her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie.
In an emotional interview aired on NBC's 'Today' show, Savannah Guthrie recounted the harrowing disappearance of her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, who was reported missing on February 1 from her Tucson, Arizona home.
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