Savannah Guthrie to Return to ‘Today’
The anchor is set to join the show’s cast on Monday for the first time since the disappearance of her 84-year-old mother, Nancy, who remains missing.
Savannah Guthrie returned to “Today” on Monday morning, more than two months after she took a leave from the morning newscast to dedicate herself to the search for her abducted mother.
“It is good to be home,” Ms. Guthrie said at the top of the show, as her co-anchor, Craig Melvin, greeted her with a pat on the hand. “Ready or not, let’s do the news.”
What followed seemed very much like a typical episode of “Today,” with Ms. Guthrie ticking through headlines on everything from the war in Iran to soaring gas prices to Monday’s college basketball championship game. “Shout out to my Arizona Wildcats,” Ms. Guthrie said, referring to her alma mater, University of Arizona, which lost in Saturday’s semifinals.
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