1 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: Hey, there are folks. It is Monday, April sixth, and 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: Savannah Guthrie is back. Today is the day that she 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: said she'd return to host the Today Show, and she 4 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:16,599 Speaker 1: was back in her seat this morning, still not knowing 5 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: what happened to her mother. And with that, welcome to 6 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:23,120 Speaker 1: this episode of Amy and TJ. You just got TJ 7 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: on this one. Amy sitting this one out, but wanted 8 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: to pass along observations of what we saw on the 9 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: show this morning. Savannah Guthrie, of course, whose mother disappeared 10 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: February first. It has been over two months now and 11 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 1: Savannah Guthrie has been away from her seat at the 12 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: Today Show that entire time. But today she told us 13 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: about a week ago, but she circled this day, April sixth, 14 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:49,279 Speaker 1: as the day she was going to return, and in 15 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:53,160 Speaker 1: fact she was there, and she was in place, certainly 16 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: had the TV on here ready to watch, and had 17 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: it on several minutes before seven o'clock, and so I 18 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: got to see Savannah Guthrie before she actually went on 19 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 1: the Today Show. You watch your local affiliates, NBC affiliates. 20 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: They'll do a tease with the national anchors a few 21 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: minutes before at the top of the hour at seven 22 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: o'clock Eastern time, and so I wasn't thinking about that 23 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: and didn't really register it. I'm sitting doing something else 24 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: and boom, she pops up on the screen, and it 25 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: was almost, I don't know, it was weird and surprising 26 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: just to see her on television again, to see her 27 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: in TV attire again, and she was wearing a bright 28 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: yellow today, and to see her smiling. But the banter 29 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 1: with the local New York anchors was very normal. There 30 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 1: wasn't a big welcome or good to see you again. 31 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 1: It was business as usual. And I think that kind 32 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: of set the tone for what was going to happen 33 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: on the Today Show. And I think it was apparent 34 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: from the very beginning that they were trying, really, really 35 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: trying to make this look like business as you usual, 36 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: We're welcoming somebody back. But they did, and they didn't 37 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: spend a lot of time talking about the past. They 38 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: didn't spend a lot of time or any time talking 39 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 1: about Savannah's mother really in that whole case. So the 40 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: show opens at the top, and it threw me, given 41 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: all we've seen her go through that when they did 42 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,519 Speaker 1: the cold open at seven o'clock when the Today Show 43 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 1: starts where they're you know, the cold open is when 44 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: they're teasing the stories that are coming up and some 45 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: music playing underneath, and you hear their voices going back 46 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: and forth, and you hear Savannah's voice having voiced this 47 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: cold open teasing the UCLA women winning the national championship 48 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: last night, and the song that was playing under it 49 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: was California Love by Tupac and Dre And so for 50 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: whatever reason, when I heard that, I'm like, oh, okay, they 51 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:48,399 Speaker 1: really are going to make this feel as normal as possible. 52 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: There was just something about that song and kind of 53 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: just juxtaposing that and that fun and that image and 54 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: that sound up against what we have been seeing and 55 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: hearing from Savannah Guthrie the past couple of months. It's 56 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: clear they're turning a page there at the Today Show. 57 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: So the show opened after the cold open, you see 58 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:14,119 Speaker 1: her sitting there with Craig and they don't say much. 59 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 1: They say hello. But the only thing she did or 60 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 1: said to in some way allude to what's been happening. 61 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: She said, it is good to be home. Here we go, 62 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: ready or not, Let's do the news. And yes, you 63 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: could see a little nerves were there, but she wanted 64 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: to just get it going, and Craig touched her hand 65 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: and said welcome home to her, and the show went 66 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: right on. It went right into what's happening in Iran, 67 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: what's happening with the Artemis folks, what's happening with the 68 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: National Championship. It just went right on into being a 69 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: normal Today's show broadcast. And they had guests on in 70 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: that first half hour as well, doing I think that 71 00:03:58,160 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: it was a former astronaut and I think a military 72 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: guy there as well. But they didn't say welcome back 73 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: or good to see you, and I wouldn't be surprised 74 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: if they were given that advice, just please don't do that. 75 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: We're just gonna treat it as business as usual, and 76 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: sure enough they the guests didn't say anything. The only 77 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: time that we did hear something else in that first 78 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: hour was from Al Al when it was time to 79 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: toss to him for weather at about seven seventeen or 80 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: whatever time it is, and they tossed to him. They 81 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: have this wider shot where you see Al Roker and 82 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: you see everybody sitting at the desk kind of in 83 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:38,279 Speaker 1: a distance, and he just says, I just like looking 84 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: over there is what he said. So it's it's clear 85 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 1: and it's the right thing. I'm sure she wants to 86 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 1: move on and do things normal and be back at 87 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: work feels good to her. But the show felt very normal, 88 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: if you will. There was even anchor banter. She told 89 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: a couple of jokes throughout, and they were kind of 90 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: typical co stuff you might hear in morning television. At 91 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: one point they were talking about the Artemis pilots and 92 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: she cracked a joke about, Wow, they must to have 93 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: a really good WiFi up there. That's a good That's 94 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: very much a TV anchor joke. That's awesome. So everything 95 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: did feel very much normal throughout the only time I 96 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:25,159 Speaker 1: guess really that it did that things did feel different, 97 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,919 Speaker 1: and this was the part that it left room to 98 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: be emotional. There is a part of the show where 99 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 1: they all walk outside and they greet people who are 100 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: out there with signs and whatnot, and they had shown 101 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: some of these people earlier on. There were plenty of 102 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:40,600 Speaker 1: people out there who did have signs saying welcome back 103 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 1: to Savannah. People had t shirts on with messages of 104 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: love and support, and quite frankly there were other people 105 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 1: out there who had signs of just saying, hey, it's 106 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: my birthday, So even part of that felt normal. But 107 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 1: it's I think it's eight point thirty. They do this. 108 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: They do this at the Today Show. All the anchors 109 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 1: go out and it's a lot of them. I'd be 110 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: seven them. I got to count right, six or seven 111 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: of them, so big group ends up standing outside. This time, 112 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: the group was standing out there and you see that shot, 113 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: but Savannah's not there, and my first thought was, oh, 114 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: they let her skip this or she didn't want to 115 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 1: be outside with the crowd. No, no, no, no. They 116 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 1: actually showed a shot of the first group and then 117 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:25,919 Speaker 1: they showed cut to a different shot of Savannah and 118 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 1: her coat. But she's walking hand in hand with Jenna Bush, 119 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: who was walking her out, and they walk out together. 120 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 1: Now I'm not sure how they usually do this. I 121 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: didn't think that was the way, but it seemed like 122 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: a special moment and she wanted some support and they 123 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: walked out hand in hand. Forgive me, I don't watch 124 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 1: the show every day. I don't think that's normal necessarily, 125 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: but it did seem like a special moment and she 126 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,159 Speaker 1: was walking out with somebody and with support in that moment. 127 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: But they walked down hand in hand and Savannah God love, 128 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: and I'm sure it felt good to her to see people, 129 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: to see smiling faces and everybody's I mean, their hands 130 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:02,239 Speaker 1: were on their hearts in the crowd, they were buzzing. 131 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 1: It was excited to see her back at work. That 132 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 1: was actually really really cool. She agree, she didn't go 133 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: over it didn't spend a lot of time. Actually said 134 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: some thank yous to the crowd and for the messages, 135 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: and then they went on about business once again, standing 136 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: there teasing what's coming up, and at some point, I 137 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: can't remember which anchor it was, was teasing something that 138 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: was coming up, and that was a graphic on screen. 139 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: But then you heard Savannah and something else going on, 140 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: and they cut away from that picture that was on 141 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: screen because Savannah was god choked up with something she 142 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: saw with somebody in particular there and a message they 143 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: had and I believe that was the woman had a 144 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: T shirt on. But this was the only moment that 145 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 1: we really saw throughout that was really in a more 146 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 1: emotional and fuller way acknowledging what Savannah Guthrie has been 147 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: through over the past couple of months what that show. 148 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: Also to a certain degree, this is a family member 149 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 1: of theirs that they have been without and know she 150 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: has been in pain, and today was the day that 151 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: she was able to return. But this was we did 152 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: hear from her. We did hear from Savannah yesterday on 153 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: Easter Sunday. We heard from her in a message that 154 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: was part painful, but it was also a message that 155 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: she felt a lot of people also needed to hear. 156 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: Stare all right, continuing here on Amy and TJ. No 157 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 1: Amy on this one. Just stuck with TJ today, but 158 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 1: wanted to get on and give you our impressions of 159 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 1: what we saw with Savannah got three, returning to the 160 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 1: Today Show in her seat for the first time since 161 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:55,840 Speaker 1: February first, when her mom disappeared. That disappearance, as we know, 162 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: according to authorities, was in fact an abduction. But still 163 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: she's returned to work now, not having any idea what 164 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 1: happened to her mom. Where she is and Savannah Guthrie 165 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 1: had to get on television in front of millions today 166 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: and go about it as business and as usual, and 167 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: to his great degree, she pulled that off. The show 168 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: pulled that off. Commend them over there to today's show 169 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 1: for what they've had to adjust to, and you know, 170 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: a heads up, not a heads up, but a shout 171 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: out to Hodecanby as well, who has been there in 172 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 1: support of who stepped in and said, yes, I will 173 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: come back and sit in that chair as long as 174 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: you all need me to. And she was the one 175 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 1: as well who conducted the one on one with Savannah 176 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: that we saw last week. But Savannah, we heard from 177 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: her yesterday as well. Savannah Guthrie had a video message 178 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,559 Speaker 1: that aired at a church here in New York, and 179 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 1: it was an Eastern message and it was painful to 180 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: hear to a certain degree that she wondered why her 181 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 1: and she felt at times that she had been abandoned 182 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 1: by God and it questioned her faith. She told that 183 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,559 Speaker 1: story but then ultimately came her back around to the 184 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 1: message that her faith is still there, her faith is 185 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 1: still strong. As we found out more and more, I 186 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 1: own Savannah for years, I never knew about how steeped 187 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 1: in faith she was. But we've learned more about that 188 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 1: over the past couple of months. Not just about her 189 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 1: and she was raised that way. As we've learned more 190 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 1: and more about Nancy Guthrie, who there have been still 191 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: I can say, no significant developments about that case in 192 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 1: quite some time. We haven't heard from the Sheriff's department 193 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: out there with anything significant. He does interviews here or there, 194 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 1: and people are are grasping at straw Is trying to 195 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: figure out and pluck out what he's saying and does 196 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 1: this mean this? And there just have not been headlines 197 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: and there have not been developments in that case. But 198 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 1: Savannah Guthrie is back. She is back at work and 199 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: at this point, you all, she is just moving on, 200 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: certainly hoping for some news at some point. But it's 201 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: weird to go through. As you can imagine, she's mourning 202 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:03,839 Speaker 1: the loss of someone and does not know right now 203 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:06,719 Speaker 1: how she's lost it. This would be difficult if her 204 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 1: mother had passed away and she'd just come from her funeral, 205 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: but she's having to do something else without the knowledge. 206 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 1: So I just want to hop on give your thoughts impressions. 207 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 1: Didn't know if you got to see it today, but 208 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 1: Savannah gou three is back as always. We appreciate you 209 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: spending some time here with us. For my dear Amy Roboc, 210 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:22,599 Speaker 1: I'm TJ. Holtz talk to