By Brian Stelter, CNN

Photo: Nathan Congleton/NBC/Getty Images

Savannah Guthrie was supposed to fly to Italy on Monday for NBC's much-anticipated coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics.

But instead, Guthrie spent a heart-wrenching day in Tucson, Arizona, supporting a massive search for her 84-year-old mother, Nancy.

The elder Guthrie's disappearance became national news in the US as authorities described her home as a "crime scene" and asked the public for help finding her.

NBC mobilised its considerable resources to help one of the network's biggest and best-loved stars. Guthrie's co-hosts on the Today show shared the Pima County Sheriff's Department's tip line phone number, 520-

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