'Today' team dons yellow ribbons amid search for Savannah Guthrie's mom

Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News on Feb 18, 2026

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The “Today” Show team is signaling its support for co-host Savannah Guthrie as the search for her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, drags into its 18th day.

During the show’s broadcast Wednesday morning, hosts Hoda Kotb, Craig Melvin and Carson Daly, as well as Jenna Bush Hager, Sheinelle Jones and Al Roker all sported small yellow ribbons, similar to the ones that have begun cropping up in Nancy’s Arizona neighborhood.

The “Today” show’s studio in New York City’s Rockefeller Center was also decorated with bouquets of yellow flowers, an additional sign of love and hope meant for Guthrie and her family.

“So many people are placing yellow flowers near Nancy’s home and all across the city [of Tucson, Arizona],” Kotb explained. “We got a suggestion from one of our viewers here, we’re doing the same here.”

She continued: “Yellow roses around Studio 1A and we’re all wearing ribbons as we send our love to Savannah and her family.”

“This is our missing mom,” Carson told viewers. “And this is a nice symbol.”

Craig added that they all “remain hopeful” amid the ongoing search for Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother.

Authorities believe Nancy’s daughter Annie was the last person to see her prior to her disappearance.

Annie said they went out to dinner the night of Jan. 31, and she told Arizona authorities her mother did not show “any red flags” before she was dropped off back home. Nancy was reported missing the following day, around noon on Feb. 1, after she failed to show up for church. In the days since, several alleged ransom notes have been delivered.

One of Nancy’s neighbors, Laura Gargano, told People that the community decided to add yellow ribbons to trees and mailboxes to signal they too were still hopeful.

“Some of us put flowers at the front of Nancy’s house, while others who may not have wanted to go down to Nancy’s house, put ribbons on their mailboxes,” Gargano shares. “The yellow ribbon is a sentiment of hope and support after someone goes missing. I believe the use of the yellow ribbons goes back to hostage-taking in the 1970s.”

No arrests have been made in the case, but authorities have released security footage they believe captured the suspect. The FBI Phoenix office has described this person as “a male, approximately 5’9 – 5’10, with an average build.” He is also wearing a black, 25-liter ‘Ozark Trail Hiker Pack’ backpack in the clip.