JUST IN – Tears everywhere at the Today show studio… 😭💔 Only minutes ago, Savannah Guthrie made her emotional return to her work family for the first time amid the heartbreaking family crisis. She looked right at her colleagues and said words that left everyone sobbing: “I’m still standing, and I still have hope, and I’m still me.”

Guthrie visited Studio 1A on March 5— her first time returning to ‘Today’ since her mom, Nancy Guthrie, disappeared in the early morning hours of Feb. 1

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Updated on March 5, 2026 04:08PM EST

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PEOPLE has learned what Savannah told her colleagues when she returned to the Today set on March 5
This is the first time Savannah has been to set since her mom Nancy disappeared on Feb. 1
A Today spokesperson previously confirmed Savannah’s visit in a statement

During her visit to the Today show set on March 5, Savannah Guthrie addressed her colleagues as she reunited with the team for the first time since her mom Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.

PEOPLE has learned that Savannah thanked the entire staff and crew for all of their love, prayers and support and for “caring about my mom as much as I do.”

Savannah said in part, “I wanted you to know that I’m still standing, and I still have hope, and I’m still me. And I don’t know what version of me that will be, but it will be. I’m holding onto my faith. I still believe. And as my mom would say, ‘where else would I go?’”

Savannah Guthrie on March 5.Backgrid

Savannah added: “I have every intention of coming back. I don’t know how to come back, but I don’t know how not to. You’re my family. And, I would like to try.”

PEOPLE has also learned that Savannah’s friend and colleague Dylan Dreyer then led a “beautiful” group prayer for everyone, which began, “We’re here holding hands as a family, in a place where we don’t understand why this is happening…. It is not too bold to ask God for the biggest miracles every day.”

Before she left, Savannah hugged everyone in the studio.

Savannah Guthrie on March 5.Backgrid

A Today spokesperson previously confirmed Savannah’s visit to 1A, saying in a statement that the beloved anchor “stopped by the studio this morning to be with and thank her Today colleagues.”

The spokesperson also noted that Savannah “plans to return to the show on air,” though she currently “remains focused right now supporting her family and working to help bring Nancy home.”

Shortly after the visit, Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones began their fourth hour show, Today with Jenna & Sheinelle, and reflected on the emotional reunion.

Carson Daly, Craig Melvin, Savanah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker on Monday, June 3, 2024.Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty

“Let’s just get right into it, full disclosure, we’ve had a powerful morning this morning,” Jones shared with viewers.

“Savannah has come back to her home here at 30 Rock in Studio 1A,” Bush Hager said, getting audibly choked up. “We got to see her this morning and in her perfect way, she talked to all of us, hugged every single person in this room, the crew.”

“She said that she has the intention to return to the show even though it feels like the hardest thing to do. It’s also her home and where she feels so loved,” Bush Hager added. “And she is beyond loved here. So we’re happy she’s home. I don’t know when she’s actually returning to the show. But she was here and that felt so good to get to hug her.”

Peter Alexander, Al Roker, Dylan Dreyer, Hoda Kotb, Jenna Bush Hager, Savannah Guthrie, Carson Daly, Laura Jarrett and Willie Geist are seen at the NBC “Today” Show at Rockefeller Plaza on January 10, 2025.NDZ/Star Max/GC Images

Earlier in the week, Savannah visited Nancy’s Tucson, Ariz. property alongside her sister Annie Guthrie and brother-in-law Tommaso Cioni on March 2. In a video obtained by NewsNation, the three were seen hugging one another as they looked at a tribute created near Nancy’s mailbox and added yellow flowers to the display.

The same day, Savannah shared a new photo on social media featuring the many bouquets of flowers around Nancy’s mailbox, writing in her caption, “We feel the love and prayers from our neighbors, from the Tucson community and from around the country 💛 please don’t stop praying and hoping with us. bring her home.”

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Savannah Guthrie and her mother, Nancy Guthrie, on the ‘Today’ set in 2023.Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty

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Nancy was last seen going into her garage at 9:50 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31. She was reported missing by her family at 12:03 p.m. local time on Feb. 1 when she failed to join friends to watch a virtual church service.

On Tuesday, Feb. 24, Savannah announced that the family was offering a reward of up to $1 million for any information leading to Nancy’s recovery. The FBI’s reward of $100,000 also remains active.