Just ahead of the two-month anniversary of her mother’s disappearance, Savannah Guthrie made a surprise return to the Today show. On Tuesday, she sat down for a pre-taped interview with Hoda Kotb, who has been filling in for her during her leave of absence. During Wednesday’s show, Hoda announced that the interview will air in two parts on Thursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27. In a clip that Hoda shared with her colleagues on air, Savannah spoke about the agony that she and her family have been going through since Nancy Guthrie’s presumed kidnapping. I embedded it below, but just a heads up, it’s really emotional and made me tear up.

Savannah Guthrie has given her first interview to Hoda Kotb in the wake of her mother Nancy’s disappearance.

During the Wednesday, March 25 episode of Today, Kotb shared that she sat down with Guthrie for a lengthy interview, which will air on the morning show on Thursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27.

“Craig [Melvin], Al [Roker], and Carson [Daly], as you can imagine, it was a really emotional conversation,” Kotb said on air before rolling a clip from the interview. “We’re gonna have the whole thing for you tomorrow and Friday, but first, we did want to bring you one of the moments from the interview where Savannah shared a message to anybody who may have information about Nancy.”

In a clip from the conversation, Guthrie said to Kotb through tears: “Someone needs to do the right thing. We are in agony. 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 added. “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. But she needs to come home now.”

Daly then asked Kotb how she was doing, post-interview.

“I’m ok. There is a desperation and also a steeliness about Savannah,” Kotb said after the clip rolled. “I mean, she’s hoping that somebody, whoever this person is, will see something and say something and as you’ll see in the coming days she talks about so many things. She talks about the investigation she talks about her faith and she talks about how she’s getting through that was one portion there.”

Kotb also noted that Guthrie will speak about “how God’s holding her hand,” and Kotb couldn’t help but “marvel” that “she was able to sit there with an outfit on, have a conversation, and also have just direct thoughts about what she sees going forward.”

Daly wiped away visible tears.

[From People]

This is Savannah’s first interview since Nancy went missing, and I’m not surprised that she sat down with her former co-host and good friend for it. The Today co-hosts have always come across as being very supportive of one another, and you could see how visibly upset Craig, Al, and Carson were when Hoda was describing what she and Savannah talked about. Watching both Savannah break down and Hoda tear up during that clip was just devastating. I’m going to need an entire box of tissues to get through it.

Hoda said that there is a lot more to the interview, including how Savannah is determined not to let anyone steal her joy. I can’t imagine all of the emotions that she’s going through right now, but I’m glad that she’s out there, continuing to appeal for anyone with information to come forward. Someone out there does know something, and I hope the Guthrie family appeals to their humanity (or bank account) enough for them to speak to authorities. Today also shared a graphic for anyone who has any information about what happened to Nancy to contact federal authorities at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or the Pima County Sheriff’s Department 520-351-4900.

Screenshots are from YouTube