Emotional Today stars Craig Melvin and Hoda Kotb emphasize Savannah Guthrie's critical message, amid ongoing search for her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie


The daytime TV stars showed support on-air during the intense search for Nancy Guthrie, who has been missing since February 1


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Nova M Bajamonti
Nova M BajamontiNews and Features Writer
February 16, 2026
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Today's Craig Melvin and Savannah Guthrie's temporary stand-in host Hoda Kotb provided an update into Savannah's missing mother Nancy Guthrie, 84, during an insightful segment on February 16.

The duo firstly showed the latest video that Savannah posted the day prior, in a desperate attempt to try to get her mother back, who has been missing since February 1.

Savannah was teary eyed as she shared in the moving clip: "It's been two weeks since our mom was taken and I just wanted to come on and say, we still have hope and we still believe. And I wanted to say, to whoever has her, or knows where she is, that it's never too late and you're not lost or alone."

Hoda Kotb and Craig Melvin on the February 9 2026 episode of TODAY© NBC
Craig and Hoda showed support for Savannah on-air

She continued: "And it is never too late to do the right thing and we are here. We believe, and we believe in the essential goodness of every good human being. It's never too late."

The TV star captioned the touching video: "Bring her home. It's never too late to do the next right thing."

After displaying her heartfelt video on-air, Craig commented: "Never too late," as Hoda replied, "never too late, yeah," and Craig once again repeated: "Never too late."

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Savannah and Craig are very close

Craig reposted Savannah's video on social media and Hoda commented: "We believe," with prayer hands and a heart emoji.

Dylan Dreyer wrote: "I continued to pray every chance I get…I love you." Al Roker added: "We believe and we are with you, your family and most of all, Nancy." Deborah Roberts continued: "We are with you in this valley Savannah."

Hoda also shared a hopeful message online that read: "We believe in her return, because love does not know how to stop."

Craig Melvin in navy swearer and Nancy Guthrie in gray cardigan© Instagram
Craig has met Nancy previously

When it comes to the case, investigators most recently discovered a glove from an "unknown male" two miles from Nancy's home.

Detectives are adding the DNA found into the national database, which can take around 24 hours to process.

After that is processed, they will compare that DNA to the unknown DNA found at the house, in an effort to see if the two samples might be a match.

Savannah Guthrie and her mom Nancy Guthrie © WireImage
Savannah is desperate to find her mother

Investigators are also closely working with Google, to see if any more information can be gathered from the video surveillance clips that were obtained last Tuesday.

A S.W.A.T. team recently searched a home that was about a mile away from Nancy, and investigators also did a traffic stop for a black Range Rover.

So far, no arrests have been made. Investigators are "leaning away from any of Nancy's relatives as potential suspects."

Nancy was last seen by her son-in-law Tommasco Cioni, who dropped her off at her home in Tucson, Arizona, after a family dinner on January 31.

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