Savannah Guthrie Reveals She Cries Every Morning on the Way to Work and Every Morning on the Way Home — and Her Words Will Move You
Jun 09, 2026 by apost team
On the morning of Feb. 2, 2026, the "Today" show began not with headlines or weather but with breaking news about one of its own. Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie, had disappeared from her home in Tucson, Arizona. She was last seen on Jan. 31. She had not been heard from since. What followed for Guthrie has been one of the most publicly documented experiences of grief, uncertainty, and perseverance in recent broadcast journalism history.
Guthrie, born Dec. 27, 1971, stepped away from the anchor desk on Feb. 2 and did not return for more than two months. The search for her mother continued through February, March, and into April without resolution. In April 2026, ABC News reported that the FBI had found "potentially critical DNA" at Nancy Guthrie's home. No arrests have been made in the case.
On March 5, 2026, Guthrie visited Studio 1A to see her colleagues — not to anchor, but simply to be present. "I have every intention of coming back. 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," she told them. Colleague Sheinelle Jones described the moment: "I hugged her, and I said, 'You are here, and we love you.' Whenever you are ready, we are here."
She returned to the anchor desk on April 6, 2026, wearing a canary yellow dress — a color that had become a symbol of hope and solidarity during the search for her mother. Her first words were measured: "Good morning. It is good to be home."
Two months later, the search remains active. And Guthrie is still showing up.
On June 8, 2026, Guthrie guest hosted "Today With Jenna & Sheinelle" alongside her closest friend at the network, Jenna Bush Hager. During the broadcast, she addressed the question that had been quietly circulating since her return: how does she do it?
"I've been trying so hard to hold it together, and I promise I will, but this show, and this hour especially, is about joy," she said, visibly fighting tears. She then spoke to what she suspected viewers were wondering. "I know maybe people wonder like,
'What's going on? How is she able to do that job? Is she not thinking about it, did she forget?' No, never. Never." She paused. "It's always with me."
She described her daily commute in terms that were quiet and devastating.
"I cry every morning on the way to work, and I cry every morning on the way home."
And then she turned to the camera and addressed those who might know something.
"We still need everybody's prayers. I wish someone would call and say what they know and tell the truth."
On Instagram, in the hours before that broadcast, Guthrie had posted a painting of Christ's ascension to her Stories. "Oh my, my soul it cries out, soul, it cries out," the text accompanying it read. "Bring her home."
Carson Daly, who has called Guthrie the show's "North Star," spoke for many of her colleagues when he described her return as an act of bravery. For Guthrie herself, the decision to come back was something she articulated to Hoda Kotb in late March. "My joy will be my protest. My joy will be my answer, and being there is joyful, and when it's not, I'll say so."
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