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'We Are In Agony': Savannah Guthrie Breaks Down During First Interview Since Her Mom Nancy's Abduction on Return to 'The Today Show' · Fresh Intelligence

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  [SPEAKER_00]: Savannah Guthrie broke down in tears giving her first TV interview since her mother Nancy's abduction.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Radar Online.com can reveal the anchor, 54, was quizzed by her colleague Hota Kotby on her return to the today show, saying she has been an agony for months.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Guthrie grew emotional as she told how she's haunted by thoughts of her mother's terror every night, and she's still praying the 84-year-old is still alive.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nancy disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona home on February 1st, sparking a huge search that is so far resulted in no arrests and no sign of the grandmother.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Guthrie insists herself and her family still hold hope the case will be solved.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She said, someone needs to do the right thing.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: we are in agony.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It is unbearable.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And to think of what she went through, I wake up every night in the middle of the night, every night, and in the darkness I imagine her terror.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And it is unthinkable but those thoughts demand to be thought, and I will not hide my face.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: but she needs to come home now.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Guthrie said she is holding on to faith that her mother will be found and said despite no sign of her in over eight weeks, said she still believes.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The today host was last on the air two days before her mother's disappearance and has primarily stayed in Arizona to assist the search and be with her family.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Why does Guthrie want to return to work?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She made a return to the today show studio earlier this month and she told Copy this week that she wanted to return to show that I'm still me.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I wanted you to know that I'm still standing, and I still have hope, she said.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I don't know what version of me that will be, but it will be.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: An excerpt of the interview was shared Tuesday, and today said the full interview will air in two parts on Thursday and Friday.