Savannah Guthrie was overcome with emotion on Tuesday June 23 after her co-star Craig Melvin reported on the latest Nancy Guthrie update.
On Monday, it had been revealed for the first time that the second note from Nancy's alleged kidnapper indicated the 84-year-old had died.
Craig led the news story and spoke with NBC News correspondent Liz Kreutz, who has been reporting on the story from the beginning.
© NBCThe show then cut back to the Today studios, where Savannah was seated in the middle of the table, joined by co-stars Craig, Jenna Bush Hager, Carson Daly, and Al Roker.
The anchors were all dressed in black, as Savannah tearfully addressed the news story. Craig told Savannah: "The bravery and courage of which you have done this job every day since that happened is nothing short of remarkable."
© NBCShe replied: "I love you guys, and I love this place and this is unusual and unprecedented. I don't have any comment on this story and I'm not involved in our coverage, but I can't pretend I'm not here and so since I am, I wanted to just take that opportunity to ask people to come forward.
"Someone knows something. And this story today is a news story on your radar but this is the life my sister lives, that I live, that my brother lives, that our extended families live, that our children live, every day.
© NBC"And we are in agony. We cannot be in peace, however much I try to come out here every day, and I will find that joy, I promise I will. But we need your help. We are begging for your help and I'm not going to miss that opportunity. "If you are watching, the reward is there, you can tell us. It can be anonymous. Please do the right thing for us, for our children. We love our mom and we will never stop looking for her."
During the news segment, Liz explained: "As you know, the existence of this note had already been known and reported on but for the first time we are sharing the exact contents of that letter which prompted an emotional message from Savannah and her family at the time to her mom's alleged kidnapper.
© NBC"According to three people familiar with the matter, two notes indicated that Nancy had died. The note made no further requests for money." She added that Savannah believes that the notes are credible, something she echoed during her interview with Hoda Kotb in March.
