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Savannah Guthrie<\/a>\u00a0returned to NBC\u2019s\u00a0Today<\/em><\/a>\u00a0studio on Thursday (March 5) for the first time since her mother,\u00a0Nancy Guthrie<\/a>, disappeared on January 31 in what police believe was an abduction.<\/p>\n According to the official Today<\/em> show Instagram,<\/a> Savannah had an emotional reunion with her colleagues, during which she announced her plans on returning to the long-running morning show. Savannah has been on hiatus since her 84-year-old mother was reported missing on February 1. Retired Today<\/em> host Hoda Kotb<\/a> has been filling in for Savannah.<\/p>\n \u201cOn March 5, [Savannah] paid a visit to Studio 1A in Rockefeller Center to express her gratitude for all the support shown to her family since the disappearance of her mother,\u201d the post read. \u201cThe co-anchor thanked TODAY staff and crew for all of the love, prayers and support, and for \u201ccaring about my mom as much as I do.\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI wanted you to know that I\u2019m still standing, and I still have hope, and I\u2019m still me,\u201d Savannah told her colleagues. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t know what version of me that will be, but it will be. I\u2019m holding onto my faith. I still believe. And as my mom would say, \u2018Where else would I go?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Nancy has <\/span>missing since January 31,<\/span><\/a><\/strong> when police believe she <\/span>was abducted<\/span> from her home in Tucson, Arizona. Since then, investigators have released\u00a0<\/span>doorbell camera footage<\/span><\/a><\/strong> of a masked suspect and\u00a0<\/span>shared a description<\/span><\/a><\/strong> of the potential abductor. No suspects or persons of interest have been named publicly. <\/span><\/p>\n Savannah told her co-workers she has \u201cevery intention of coming back,\u201d though there isn\u2019t a timeframe on when that will be. \u201cI don\u2019t know how to come back, but I don\u2019t know how not to. You\u2019re my family. And I would like to try,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n Today<\/em>\u2018s weather correspondent, Dylan Dreyer<\/a>, then led a group prayer, saying, \u201cWe\u2019re here holding hands as a family, in a place where we don\u2019t understand why this is happening. It is not too bold to ask God for the biggest miracles every day.<\/p>\n Sheinelle Jones<\/a> and Jenna Bush Hager<\/a> talked about the emotional reunion on the fourth hour of Thursday\u2019s Today<\/em>. \u201cWe got to see [Savannah] this morning, and in her perfect way, she talked to all of us, hugged every single person in this room, the crew,\u201d Bush Hager shared.<\/p>\n \u201cShe said that she has the intention to return to the show. Even though it feels like the hardest thing to do, it\u2019s also her home and where she feels so loved,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd she is beyond loved here. And so, we\u2019re happy that she is home. I don\u2019t know when she is actually returning to the show, but she was here and that felt so good to get to hug her.\u201d<\/p>\n Jones added, \u201cI\u2019m proud of Savannah, and I\u2019m rooting for Savannah, and I know the strength that it would\u2019ve taken to even just come in here and to be amongst all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n Today<\/em>, Weekdays, 7a.m.\/6c, NBC<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n