What Savannah Guthrie Told ‘Today’ Colleagues During Return to NBC Studio

Savannah Guthrie returns to NBC Today The commotion broke out at the studio Thursday (March 5) for the first time since his mother Nancy Guthrie disappeared Jan. 31 in what police are treating as a kidnapping.

according to the officer Today On the Instagram show, Savannah had an emotional reunion with her co-workers, during which she announced her plans to return to the long-running morning show. Savannah has been on leave since her 84-year-old mother was reported missing on February 1. Today Host Hoda Kotb is making room for Savannah.

“On March 5, (Savannah) visited Studio 1A at Rockefeller Center to express her gratitude for all the support given to her family since her mother’s disappearance,” the post reads. “The co-anchor thanked the Today staff and crew for everyone’s love, prayers and support and for “taking care of your mom as much as I do.”

“I wanted you to know that I’m still standing, and I’m still hopeful, and I’m still me,” Savannah told her co-workers. “And I don’t know what version of me that will be, but it will be. I hold on to my faith. I still believe. And as my mother used to say, ‘Where else would I go?'”

Nancy has Missing since 31st January When the police believed him was kidnapped From her home in Tucson, Arizona. Since then, investigators have released doorbell camera footage of a masked suspect and shared a description Of a potential kidnapper. No suspects or persons of interest have been publicly named.

Savannah told her co-workers that she “fully intends to come back,” though there is no timeline for when that will happen. She said, “I don’t know how to come back, but I don’t know how not to. You’re my family. And I’d like to try.”

TodayWeather correspondent Dylan Dreyer then led a group prayer, saying, “We’re here as a family, holding each other’s hands, in a place where we don’t understand why this is happening. It’s not very courageous to ask God for the biggest miracles every day.”

Sheinelle Jones and Jenna Bush Hager talk about emotional reunion on Thursday’s Fourth Hour Today. Bush Hager shared, “We got to see (Savannah) this morning, and in her best way, she talked to all of us, hugged every single person in this room, the crew.”

“She said she intends to return to the show. Even though it feels like the hardest thing to do, it’s also her home and where she feels very loved,” she added. “And she’s very loved here. And so, we’re glad she’s home. I don’t know when she’s actually returning to the show, but she was here and it was so nice to hug her.”

“I’m proud of Savannah, and I’m an advocate for Savannah, and I know how much strength it must have taken for her to come here and live among all of us,” Jones said.