Savannah Guthrie breaks down in first interview since mother’s abduction: ‘We are in agony’

The full interview is set to air in two parts on Thursday and Friday
In a preview of the interview, the 54-year-old NBC anchor became emotional as she spoke with her former morning-show co-host, Hoda Kotb.

“Someone needs to do the right thing,” she said through tears.

“We are in agony.

It is unbearable.

And to think of what she went through.”
“I wake up every night in the middle of the night, every night,” she continued.

“And in the darkness, I imagine her terror.

And it is unthinkable, but those thoughts demand to be thought.

And I will not hide my face.”
The interview — which will air on Thursday and Friday — marks Savannah Guthrie’s first appearance on the Today show since January 30, just two days before her mother was reported missing to the police.

Last week, Savannah Guthrie and her siblings released an emotional plea to their mother’s neighbors in Tucson, Arizona, begging for information that may help the case.

“It’s possible a member of this community has information that they do not even realize is significant,” the Today show host wrote in a statement on Instagram on Sunday.

“We hope people search their memories, especially around the key timelines of January 31 and the early morning hours of February 1, as well as the late evening of January 11.”
“We desperately ask this community for renewed attention to our mom’s case — please consult camera footage, journal notes, text messages, observations, or conversations that in retrospect may hold significance,” the statement added.

“No detail is too small.

It may be the key.”
The 84-year-old was in fragile health when she went missing.

Her family said she relied on daily medication that could have “fatal” consequences if she doesn’t take it.

911 dispatch audio from when she was reported missing revealed she also has high blood pressure, a pacemaker and cardiac issues.

The Guthrie family has offered a $1 million reward for their mother’s recovery, and the FBI has separately offered a reward of $50,000 for information leading to her recover, or to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance.