Savannah Guthrie broke down in tears as she spoke of her "agony" over her mother's disappearance.

The Today host and her siblings reported their 84-year-old mom Nancy Guthrie missing at the end of January and, as the search continues to find her amid the belief she was kidnapped, the 54-year-old presenter has given her first emotional interview about her family's ordeal, in which she admitted she is suffering sleepless nights over the fate of her mother.

Today aired a preview clip from Hota Kotb's interview with Savannah on Wednesday (25.03.26) ahead of its full broadcast on Thursday (26.03.26) and Friday (26.03.26).

Introducing the footage, Hoda told fellow hosts Craig Melvin, Al Roker and Carson Daly: "As you can imagine, it was a really emotional conversation.

"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 the clip, Savannah cried as she said: "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. 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."

Hoda - who has returned to Today as temporary replacement for Savannah - praised her interviewee's "steeliness".

She said: "There is a desperation and also a steeliness about Savannah.

"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."

She noted Savannah spoke about how "God's holding her hand" and admitted she couldn't help but "marvel" at the way 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."

The Pima County Sheriff's Department (PCSD) launched an urgent search for Nancy after she failed to show up for a church service on 1 February, the day after her relatives had dropped her home.

Investigators believe she was kidnapped overnight, and have obtained surveillance footage of a masked man at her door.

Earlier this month, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos admitted that investigators believe they know the motive behind the kidnapping, but didn't offer any details.

He told NBC News: "We believe we know why [the kidnapper] did this and we believe that it was targeted, but we're not 100% sure of that.

"I think day one, we had some strong beliefs about what happened, and those beliefs haven't diminished."