WEBVTT - Savannah Guthrie Returns, and It Almost Looked Normal, Until She Greeted The Crowd Outside

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, there are folks. It is Monday, April sixth, and

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<v Speaker 1>Savannah Guthrie is back. Today is the day that she

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<v Speaker 1>said she'd return to host the Today Show, and she

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<v Speaker 1>was back in her seat this morning, still not knowing

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<v Speaker 1>what happened to her mother. And with that, welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>this episode of Amy and TJ. You just got TJ

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<v Speaker 1>on this one. Amy sitting this one out, but wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to pass along observations of what we saw on the

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<v Speaker 1>show this morning. Savannah Guthrie, of course, whose mother disappeared

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<v Speaker 1>February first. It has been over two months now and

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<v Speaker 1>Savannah Guthrie has been away from her seat at the

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<v Speaker 1>Today Show that entire time. But today she told us

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<v Speaker 1>about a week ago, but she circled this day, April sixth,

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<v Speaker 1>as the day she was going to return, and in

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<v Speaker 1>fact she was there, and she was in place, certainly

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<v Speaker 1>had the TV on here ready to watch, and had

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<v Speaker 1>it on several minutes before seven o'clock, and so I

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<v Speaker 1>got to see Savannah Guthrie before she actually went on

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<v Speaker 1>the Today Show. You watch your local affiliates, NBC affiliates.

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<v Speaker 1>They'll do a tease with the national anchors a few

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<v Speaker 1>minutes before at the top of the hour at seven

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<v Speaker 1>o'clock Eastern time, and so I wasn't thinking about that

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<v Speaker 1>and didn't really register it. I'm sitting doing something else

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<v Speaker 1>and boom, she pops up on the screen, and it

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<v Speaker 1>was almost, I don't know, it was weird and surprising

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<v Speaker 1>just to see her on television again, to see her

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<v Speaker 1>in TV attire again, and she was wearing a bright

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<v Speaker 1>yellow today, and to see her smiling. But the banter

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<v Speaker 1>with the local New York anchors was very normal. There

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't a big welcome or good to see you again.

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<v Speaker 1>It was business as usual. And I think that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of set the tone for what was going to happen

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<v Speaker 1>on the Today Show. And I think it was apparent

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<v Speaker 1>from the very beginning that they were trying, really, really

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<v Speaker 1>trying to make this look like business as you usual,

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<v Speaker 1>We're welcoming somebody back. But they did, and they didn't

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<v Speaker 1>spend a lot of time talking about the past. They

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<v Speaker 1>didn't spend a lot of time or any time talking

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<v Speaker 1>about Savannah's mother really in that whole case. So the

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<v Speaker 1>show opens at the top, and it threw me, given

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<v Speaker 1>all we've seen her go through that when they did

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<v Speaker 1>the cold open at seven o'clock when the Today Show

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<v Speaker 1>starts where they're you know, the cold open is when

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<v Speaker 1>they're teasing the stories that are coming up and some

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<v Speaker 1>music playing underneath, and you hear their voices going back

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<v Speaker 1>and forth, and you hear Savannah's voice having voiced this

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<v Speaker 1>cold open teasing the UCLA women winning the national championship

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<v Speaker 1>last night, and the song that was playing under it

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<v Speaker 1>was California Love by Tupac and Dre And so for

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<v Speaker 1>whatever reason, when I heard that, I'm like, oh, okay, they

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<v Speaker 1>really are going to make this feel as normal as possible.

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<v Speaker 1>There was just something about that song and kind of

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<v Speaker 1>just juxtaposing that and that fun and that image and

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<v Speaker 1>that sound up against what we have been seeing and

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<v Speaker 1>hearing from Savannah Guthrie the past couple of months. It's

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<v Speaker 1>clear they're turning a page there at the Today Show.

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<v Speaker 1>So the show opened after the cold open, you see

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<v Speaker 1>her sitting there with Craig and they don't say much.

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<v Speaker 1>They say hello. But the only thing she did or

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<v Speaker 1>said to in some way allude to what's been happening.

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<v Speaker 1>She said, it is good to be home. Here we go,

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<v Speaker 1>ready or not, Let's do the news. And yes, you

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<v Speaker 1>could see a little nerves were there, but she wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to just get it going, and Craig touched her hand

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<v Speaker 1>and said welcome home to her, and the show went

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<v Speaker 1>right on. It went right into what's happening in Iran,

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<v Speaker 1>what's happening with the Artemis folks, what's happening with the

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<v Speaker 1>National Championship. It just went right on into being a

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<v Speaker 1>normal Today's show broadcast. And they had guests on in

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<v Speaker 1>that first half hour as well, doing I think that

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<v Speaker 1>it was a former astronaut and I think a military

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<v Speaker 1>guy there as well. But they didn't say welcome back

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<v Speaker 1>or good to see you, and I wouldn't be surprised

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<v Speaker 1>if they were given that advice, just please don't do that.

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<v Speaker 1>We're just gonna treat it as business as usual, and

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<v Speaker 1>sure enough they the guests didn't say anything. The only

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<v Speaker 1>time that we did hear something else in that first

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<v Speaker 1>hour was from Al Al when it was time to

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<v Speaker 1>toss to him for weather at about seven seventeen or

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<v Speaker 1>whatever time it is, and they tossed to him. They

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<v Speaker 1>have this wider shot where you see Al Roker and

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<v Speaker 1>you see everybody sitting at the desk kind of in

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<v Speaker 1>a distance, and he just says, I just like looking

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<v Speaker 1>over there is what he said. So it's it's clear

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<v Speaker 1>and it's the right thing. I'm sure she wants to

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<v Speaker 1>move on and do things normal and be back at

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<v Speaker 1>work feels good to her. But the show felt very normal,

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<v Speaker 1>if you will. There was even anchor banter. She told

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of jokes throughout, and they were kind of

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<v Speaker 1>typical co stuff you might hear in morning television. At

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<v Speaker 1>one point they were talking about the Artemis pilots and

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<v Speaker 1>she cracked a joke about, Wow, they must to have

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<v Speaker 1>a really good WiFi up there. That's a good That's

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<v Speaker 1>very much a TV anchor joke. That's awesome. So everything

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<v Speaker 1>did feel very much normal throughout the only time I

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<v Speaker 1>guess really that it did that things did feel different,

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<v Speaker 1>and this was the part that it left room to

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<v Speaker 1>be emotional. There is a part of the show where

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<v Speaker 1>they all walk outside and they greet people who are

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<v Speaker 1>out there with signs and whatnot, and they had shown

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<v Speaker 1>some of these people earlier on. There were plenty of

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<v Speaker 1>people out there who did have signs saying welcome back

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<v Speaker 1>to Savannah. People had t shirts on with messages of

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<v Speaker 1>love and support, and quite frankly there were other people

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<v Speaker 1>out there who had signs of just saying, hey, it's

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<v Speaker 1>my birthday, So even part of that felt normal. But

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<v Speaker 1>it's I think it's eight point thirty. They do this.

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<v Speaker 1>They do this at the Today Show. All the anchors

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<v Speaker 1>go out and it's a lot of them. I'd be

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<v Speaker 1>seven them. I got to count right, six or seven

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<v Speaker 1>of them, so big group ends up standing outside. This time,

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<v Speaker 1>the group was standing out there and you see that shot,

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<v Speaker 1>but Savannah's not there, and my first thought was, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>they let her skip this or she didn't want to

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<v Speaker 1>be outside with the crowd. No, no, no, no. They

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<v Speaker 1>actually showed a shot of the first group and then

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<v Speaker 1>they showed cut to a different shot of Savannah and

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<v Speaker 1>her coat. But she's walking hand in hand with Jenna Bush,

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<v Speaker 1>who was walking her out, and they walk out together.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I'm not sure how they usually do this. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't think that was the way, but it seemed like

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<v Speaker 1>a special moment and she wanted some support and they

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<v Speaker 1>walked out hand in hand. Forgive me, I don't watch

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<v Speaker 1>the show every day. I don't think that's normal necessarily,

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<v Speaker 1>but it did seem like a special moment and she

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<v Speaker 1>was walking out with somebody and with support in that moment.

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<v Speaker 1>But they walked down hand in hand and Savannah God love,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm sure it felt good to her to see people,

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<v Speaker 1>to see smiling faces and everybody's I mean, their hands

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<v Speaker 1>were on their hearts in the crowd, they were buzzing.

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<v Speaker 1>It was excited to see her back at work. That

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<v Speaker 1>was actually really really cool. She agree, she didn't go

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<v Speaker 1>over it didn't spend a lot of time. Actually said

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<v Speaker 1>some thank yous to the crowd and for the messages,

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<v Speaker 1>and then they went on about business once again, standing

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<v Speaker 1>there teasing what's coming up, and at some point, I

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<v Speaker 1>can't remember which anchor it was, was teasing something that

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<v Speaker 1>was coming up, and that was a graphic on screen.

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<v Speaker 1>But then you heard Savannah and something else going on,

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<v Speaker 1>and they cut away from that picture that was on

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<v Speaker 1>screen because Savannah was god choked up with something she

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<v Speaker 1>saw with somebody in particular there and a message they

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<v Speaker 1>had and I believe that was the woman had a

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<v Speaker 1>T shirt on. But this was the only moment that

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<v Speaker 1>we really saw throughout that was really in a more

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<v Speaker 1>emotional and fuller way acknowledging what Savannah Guthrie has been

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<v Speaker 1>through over the past couple of months what that show.

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<v Speaker 1>Also to a certain degree, this is a family member

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<v Speaker 1>of theirs that they have been without and know she

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<v Speaker 1>has been in pain, and today was the day that

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<v Speaker 1>she was able to return. But this was we did

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<v Speaker 1>hear from her. We did hear from Savannah yesterday on

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<v Speaker 1>Easter Sunday. We heard from her in a message that

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<v Speaker 1>was part painful, but it was also a message that

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<v Speaker 1>she felt a lot of people also needed to hear.

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<v Speaker 1>Stare all right, continuing here on Amy and TJ. No

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<v Speaker 1>Amy on this one. Just stuck with TJ today, but

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to get on and give you our impressions of

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<v Speaker 1>what we saw with Savannah got three, returning to the

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<v Speaker 1>Today Show in her seat for the first time since

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<v Speaker 1>February first, when her mom disappeared. That disappearance, as we know,

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<v Speaker 1>according to authorities, was in fact an abduction. But still

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<v Speaker 1>she's returned to work now, not having any idea what

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<v Speaker 1>happened to her mom. Where she is and Savannah Guthrie

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<v Speaker 1>had to get on television in front of millions today

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<v Speaker 1>and go about it as business and as usual, and

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<v Speaker 1>to his great degree, she pulled that off. The show

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<v Speaker 1>pulled that off. Commend them over there to today's show

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<v Speaker 1>for what they've had to adjust to, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>a heads up, not a heads up, but a shout

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<v Speaker 1>out to Hodecanby as well, who has been there in

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<v Speaker 1>support of who stepped in and said, yes, I will

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<v Speaker 1>come back and sit in that chair as long as

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<v Speaker 1>you all need me to. And she was the one

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<v Speaker 1>as well who conducted the one on one with Savannah

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<v Speaker 1>that we saw last week. But Savannah, we heard from

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<v Speaker 1>her yesterday as well. Savannah Guthrie had a video message

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<v Speaker 1>that aired at a church here in New York, and

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<v Speaker 1>it was an Eastern message and it was painful to

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<v Speaker 1>hear to a certain degree that she wondered why her

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<v Speaker 1>and she felt at times that she had been abandoned

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<v Speaker 1>by God and it questioned her faith. She told that

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<v Speaker 1>story but then ultimately came her back around to the

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<v Speaker 1>message that her faith is still there, her faith is

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<v Speaker 1>still strong. As we found out more and more, I

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<v Speaker 1>own Savannah for years, I never knew about how steeped

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<v Speaker 1>in faith she was. But we've learned more about that

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<v Speaker 1>over the past couple of months. Not just about her

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<v Speaker 1>and she was raised that way. As we've learned more

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<v Speaker 1>and more about Nancy Guthrie, who there have been still

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<v Speaker 1>I can say, no significant developments about that case in

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<v Speaker 1>quite some time. We haven't heard from the Sheriff's department

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<v Speaker 1>out there with anything significant. He does interviews here or there,

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<v Speaker 1>and people are are grasping at straw Is trying to

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<v Speaker 1>figure out and pluck out what he's saying and does

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<v Speaker 1>this mean this? And there just have not been headlines

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<v Speaker 1>and there have not been developments in that case. But

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<v Speaker 1>Savannah Guthrie is back. She is back at work and

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<v Speaker 1>at this point, you all, she is just moving on,

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<v Speaker 1>certainly hoping for some news at some point. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>weird to go through. As you can imagine, she's mourning

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<v Speaker 1>the loss of someone and does not know right now

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<v Speaker 1>how she's lost it. This would be difficult if her

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<v Speaker 1>mother had passed away and she'd just come from her funeral,

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<v Speaker 1>but she's having to do something else without the knowledge.

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<v Speaker 1>So I just want to hop on give your thoughts impressions.

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<v Speaker 1>Didn't know if you got to see it today, but

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<v Speaker 1>Savannah gou three is back as always. We appreciate you

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<v Speaker 1>spending some time here with us. For my dear Amy Roboc,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm TJ. Holtz talk to