Wide World of Women

In a moment that felt like watching a Hollywood movie, it took these words right off the top at 7 a.m.:

"We are so glad you started your week with us, and it is good to be home," wearing yellow to continue as the main color used on ribbons and flowers in Arizona and practically the entire country.

She look at co-anchor Craig Melvin, wearing a yellow tie and he lightly patted and held her hand in a very touching moment.

"Yes, it is good to have you at home."

Just like any other weekday, they turned to the morning's top headlines, including an opening segment about the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.

"Well, here we go, ready or not," Guthrie said. "Let's do the news."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/savannah-guthrie-returns-today-search-84-year-old-mother-rcna266275

In the 8:30 segment, while Al Roker, Carson Daly, and others head outside to Rockefeller Plaza--Savannah walks out with Jenna Bush Hager holding arms together. It was truly a special moment where I imagine some were crying happy tears (I did briefly while watching the segment from the NBC News website I linked above) were seen alongside the happy cheers from the crowd.

The banners for the most part were tasteful.

Some more articles also mentioned Al Roker back at the weather map mentioning some nice things (unlike on March 5 when photographs showed her off-air return in early March, which was not televised. Unlike on that day, Dylan Dreyer was not present.)

https://apnews.com/article/savannah-guthrie-today-show-mom-missing-2d8696cc4028b40c8219340a2ee35d16

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2026/04/06/savannah-guthrie-return-today-show-mom-disappearance/89387492007

Her Easter message during a virtual mass in New York was very deep. It's on YouTube if anyone wants to look. It starts at the 48:40 mark.

Savannah and Hoda are reunited this week while Craig is on vacation

A former FBI agent did a livestream on X/Twitter on Tuesday, with the discussing centering around the religious messages that Savannah kept mentioning constantly on her Instagram in February and part of March.

Here is the link to her livestream, the discussion starts at the 22:57 mark:

https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1YxNrZNlDpzxw

More news regarding the case with some critical DNA found at Nancy's home. However, this might be the last relevant news on this case until at least deep in the fall:

https://sundayguardianlive.com/world/nancy-guthrie-case-latest-news-fbi-analyzing-potentially-critical-dna-from-guthries-home-as-investigators-work-to-identify-kidnapper-can-take-six-more-months-184580/

It's understandable that Savannah was absent from the show after this latest revelation.

Experts may fear that Nancy's kidnapper may be dead.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/nancy- ... 8e10&ei=22

With the debates continuing "about whether the masked man acted alone or if others were involved in the alleged kidnap scheme."

Was something going on away from the house that the public doesn't know? Even more bizarre, we are still awaiting the ruling of the Pima County Sheriff on whether or not he is going to keep his job. On top of that, FBI Director Kash Patel defended the people who are still in Arizona since they have been on the ground near and around Nancy's home since the early morning hours of January 31 turned February 1.

And didn't Patel say that the FBI was kept off of the case for the first 4 days of the investigation?

A woman who was kidnapped as a child in 2002, Elizabeth Smart spoke with Erin Burnett on Tuesday. She said that there is "a possibility" that Nancy Guthrie could still be alive.

Her interview on CNN provided quite a lot of thoughts on social media. But never say never, right--even though it has been over three months since her disappearance:

https://wsbt.com/news/entertainment/elizabeth-smart-says-nancy-guthrie-could-still-be-alive-we-have-to-keep-looking-savannah-guthrie

I was going through some old articles prior to the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, and came across an article from the old CNNMoney.com website.

In that article, it said that "(the) Popular Today co-anchor in announcing her second pregnancy on Tuesday has major concerns about (catching the) Zika virus."

NBC kept thousands of workers home and worked that Olympiad at both their main sports studios in Stamford, Connecticut as well as the back monitors at Studio 8H in New York--where the popular late night comedy series Saturday Night Live is filmed.

With the studio dark for the summer, it came in very handy as it turned out.
In a major sign of what was to come, you can safely call that time as a trial run for what would become a very common sight in 2020 and especially during the COVID delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics of 2021. The very common sight of seeing Mike Tirico explaining why there were only about 1/3 of the people housed at the International Broadcast Centre and the rest stayed home because of concerns catching the COVID-19 virus was a too common sight in both Japan and the United States.

Two separate circumstances nearly a decade apart--one good and one very bad. It goes to show us how fragile life truly is.

An anonymous tip on Thursday led some volunteer authorities to the U.S./Mexico border:

https://abc7.com/post/nancy-guthrie-updates-mexican-volunteer-group-conducts-new-search-savannah-guthries-mother-following-anonymous-tip/19285748/

Also, Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes discussed that, along with three YouTube creators were arrested for disrupting the peace and one guy who lives 15 minutes away from Guthrie's home in Tucson was also arrested--but has no connection to the murder.

As Pima County authorities to comb through at least 10,000 leads--will any tip, anonymous or otherwise finally crack the case?

After listening to this podcast, it makes you wonder:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7rXIQ4rRrhPizMqe76Vgln

A second ransom note was finally released by the FBI and confirmed by TMZ and CNN on Monday night.
As we all figured, after Savannah's mom Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped and was without her medication--the kidnappers confirmed that Nancy died during the first five days after being taken from her Tucson home.
She is "buried with nature."

Savannah and her family finally have that much needed closure, after 141 days of waiting and wondering--and the thousands upon thousands of FBI leads that mostly led to nothing.

Here are the clips that I found to be of major interest, all featuring featuring Harvey Levin from TMZ:
http://youtu.be/_C__h_GfHY4?si=uENdX6onG64Caj7k

The TMZ Podcast gave more details on the 12 emails:
http://www.youtube.com/live/qilNDrLWTpM?si=5ZNntHb71TPz_yVA

Former MSNBC/CNN anchor Ashleigh Banfield gave some thoughts on her YouTube channel "Drop Dead Serious" podcast:
http://youtu.be/AlkZ9ciFtws?si=uCAZ4WwgPkRjzJme

Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes mention in one of their podcasts on Tuesday morning about some of the differences between the reports by TMZ and where the original ransom notes went to KOLD, CBS13 in Tucson.

Bottom line, what Savannah said on her Instagram the first time we saw her so distraught turned out to be true:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ZyliXE3eUqonWk4WVIKsc?si=3c8115acc19c4301

One of her colleagues, Liz Kreutz reported from Los Angeles during the "Today" show on how Savannah has dealt with the hard realization that closure has finally come full circle--142 days later regarding Nancy's death.

Here is what she knows and the simple fact that authorities continue to search for any credible leads, whether in Arizona or even across the border into Mexico. Someone has to know (or maybe we'll never know, like the old "Unsolved Mysteries" shows that NBC aired back in the day.)

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ7iXFEiAEn/

A possible breakthrough in the case regarding the "porch guy"?

https://pagesix.com/2026/06/24/celebrity-news/nancy-guthrie-investigators-closing-in-on-porch-guy-could-soon-make-arrest-ex-fbi-agent/

https://radaronline.com/p/nancy-guthrie-investigators-closing-in-masked-porch-guy/

https://radaronline.com/p/nancy-guthrie-bombshell-new-tip-claims-video/

Savannah Guthrie again may be taking some more time away from the TODAY show:

https://radaronline.com/p/savannah-guthrie-step-away-today-again-tipster-hidden-phone-missing-mom/