Savannah Guthrie fought back tears as she returned to NBC\u2019s Today show for the first time since her mother\u2019s disappearance.<\/p>\n
The veteran presenter did not mention Nancy Guthrie, 84, whom authorities believe was abducted from her home in Arizona two months ago, but was visibly emotional when fans welcomed her outside the studio.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really feeling the love,\u201d Savannah Guthrie said, clutching the arm of Jenna Bush Hager, her fellow Today presenter.<\/p>\n
Some supporters, who had turned out on a chilly New York morning, carried signs with Guthrie\u2019s name on them. One was wearing a shirt stamped with the words \u201cWelcome home Savannah\u201d.<\/p>\n
Guthrie was also welcomed back by colleagues including Al Roker, the NBC weather forecaster, who blew her a kiss and said: \u201cIt\u2019s good to see you, my dear.\u201d Craig Melvin, another of her co-presenters, said it was \u201cgood to have you back at home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nancy\u2019s disappearance on Feb 1<\/a> has drawn international attention. Thousands of federal and local officers, in addition to volunteers, scoured the nearby desert for her, helped by a helicopter, drones and dog teams.<\/p>\n Donald Trump, the US president, said the Guthrie family would have \u201cany and all resources at our disposal\u201d.<\/p>\n But Nancy remains missing two months later, despite the Guthries offering $1m<\/a> (\u00a3780,000) for her safe return.<\/p>\n The FBI released surveillance footage of a man in a balaclava on Nancy\u2019s porch in the Catalina Foothills<\/a> near Tucson. in the Catalina Foothills near Tucson. Blood was discovered<\/a> on her doorstep.<\/p>\n Guthrie said her celebrity status, as a presenter on Today since 2012, might be the reason her mother was taken<\/a>, and that the possibility was \u201ctoo much to bear\u201d.<\/p>\n \u2018Deep disappointment with God\u2019<\/p>\n In a video message for Easter Sunday, played at a church in New York, Guthrie described her \u201cdeep disappointment with God\u201d following her mother\u2019s likely abduction.<\/p>\n \u201cI have questioned whether Jesus really ever experienced this particular wound that I feel,\u201d she said. \u201cThis grievous and uniquely cruel injury of not knowing<\/a>, of uncertainty and confusion and answers withheld.\u201d<\/p>\n But Guthrie said she found comfort that God \u201chas felt those feelings from a perspective of humanity\u201d.<\/p>\n