Savannah Guthrie in NBC News interview appeals for help finding her missing mother

A tearful Savannah Guthrie, in her first interview since her 84-year-old mother was apparently abducted from her Arizona home, said that “someone needs to do the right thing” and come forward with information to help the investigation.“We are in agony,” she told NBC-news" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="8163" data-entity-type="organization">NBC News colleague Hoda Kotb in a portion of the interview broadcast on Wednesday on the Today show. She said she wakes up in the middle of each night thinking of what her mother went through.NBC said on Wednesday that a full interview with its Today show host will be broadcast on the programme on Thursday and Friday. It is Guthrie’s first interview since her mother was reported missing on February 1. Based on security footage, authorities believe Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped or otherwise taken against her will.Both Guthrie and Kotb were crying during the brief portion of the interview broadcast on Wednesday. Kotb, Guthrie’s former co-host, has returned to Today while her former colleague has been away.While Guthrie said that while it is unbearable to think of the terror her mother must have felt, “those thoughts demand to be thought. And I will not hide my face. But she needs to come home now”.Savannah Guthrie has been a co-host of NBC’s morning show since 2012 and is expected to return at some point, although no date has been set as she spends time with her family.