{"id":463871,"date":"2026-02-09T14:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/463871\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T14:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:40:08","slug":"live-updates-search-for-nancy-guthrie-continues-as-purported-ransom-deadline-nears-family-says-we-will-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/463871\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Search for Nancy Guthrie continues as purported ransom deadline nears, family says \u2018we will pay\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmlf6itft0003356pw01lxb1t@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            More now from the hosts of the \u201cToday\u201d show, who this morning acknowledged the difficulties in covering the disappearance of the mother of show anchor Savannah Guthrie while balancing other top stories.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmlf6jhiz0008356pqmvd83k1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cSo, folks, right now we are asking for your grace as we continue to do this,\u201d co-host Craig Melvin said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmlf6jhiz0009356puoejstgt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It\u2019s been challenging covering the disappearance of the 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, those on the show agreed. But covering the story well is what Savannah Guthrie would want, co-host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/nbc-insider\/why-al-roker-has-not-thought-about-retirement-from-today\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Al Roker<\/a> said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmlf6jhiz000a356pz6gum024@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Guthrie has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/02\/04\/us\/savannah-guthrie-mom-missing-investigation-wednesday\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stepped away from the show <\/a>to be with her family in Arizona\u2019s Tucson area, where her mother lives, as the investigation into her mother\u2019s disappearance stretches into a second week.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmlf6jhiz000b356p2w9x4qt2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The show\u2019s co-hosts have rallied behind Guthrie\u2019s family, urging viewers to pray and to send any information to the tip line.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmlf6jhiz000c356pwzavbh93@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI mean, paramount through all of this, Savannah and her family are our top priority. In addition to that, there is also a job to do,\u201d former \u201cToday\u201d co-host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/savannah-guthrie-mom-nancy-missing-02-09-26?post-id=cmlf21ivh000u3b6pfy52smia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hoda Kotb<\/a> said while filling in for Guthrie this morning.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More now from the hosts of the \u201cToday\u201d show, who this morning acknowledged the difficulties in covering the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,348],"class_list":["post-463871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}