FBI: Ransom Note In Guthrie Case Has First Deadline Of “5PM Today”
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 80 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | A ransom note in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie included a 5 p.m. deadline. |
| 0:08.0 | The lead starts right now. |
| 0:10.0 | Law enforcement authorities revealing new details in their search for the mother of today's show anchor Savannah Guthrie, Nancy Guthrie, |
| 0:18.0 | after Savannah's heart-wrenching plea on social media with her sister and brother |
| 0:22.3 | for their mother's safe return. Among the developments and details, a deadline in a ransom note |
| 0:29.1 | that authorities are investigating, a doorbell camera going offline before Nancy was reported missing, |
| 0:35.3 | and an Uber driver question, we're going to go live to Arizona. |
| 0:39.6 | Plus, President Trump had a traditionally nonpartisan prayer breakfast this morning. |
| 0:46.9 | I don't know how a person of faith can vote for a Democrat. |
| 0:50.3 | I really don't. |
| 0:52.3 | Okay, so here how else he went on the attack in a way that his critics say was wildly |
| 0:58.0 | inappropriate. |
| 0:59.9 | And the new jobs report in America layoffs way up, hirings, way down. |
| 1:06.1 | Is it just a blip or reason to worry? |
| 1:13.9 | Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. We're going to start with the breaking news |
| 1:17.3 | in our national lead. The clock is ticking for investigators in the tragic disappearance of |
| 1:21.7 | 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Today Show anchor Savannah Guthrie, reported missing from her |
| 1:26.7 | Tucson home on Sunday. |
| 1:28.7 | The FBI special agent in charge appearing to at first let it slip this afternoon that |
| 1:33.0 | the ransom note sent to several media outlets has a rapidly approaching deadline today. |
| 1:39.3 | Here's what the FBI agent said when asked again. |
| 1:44.2 | So the ransom note that was distributed to the media did make a demand for 5 p.m. today. |
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