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Meet the Press NOW — February 16

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🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “TODAY” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie enters its third week. Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss what it will take to end the partial government shutdown. Attorney General Pam Bondi says in a letter to Congress that “all” of the Epstein files have been released. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Gabe Gutierrez in Washington, and we begin with the search for Nancy Guthrie, the mother of our friend and colleague, Savannah Guthrie. It's now been more than two weeks since her disappearance.

0:22.8

And moments ago, we just got a new statement from the Pima County Sheriff saying that the

0:27.6

Guthrie family, including all siblings and spouses, have been cleared as possible suspects in this case.

0:34.5

The sheriff goes on to say that the family are victims and to suggest otherwise

0:39.7

is not only wrong but cruel. This all comes after the Guthrie family is saying it, it is not

0:46.2

giving up hope. Savannah last night posting this video on social media pleading for answers.

0:52.7

I wanted to come on and it's been two weeks since our mom was taken and I just wanted to come on and say that we still have hope and we still believe.

1:11.6

And we still believe.

1:18.6

And I wanted to say to whoever has her

1:25.6

or knows where she is.

1:34.0

But it's never too late.

1:41.6

And you're not lost or alone.

1:47.0

And it is never too late to do the right thing.

1:54.7

Investigators continue to dig into new leads, but still have no suspects and have not narrowed down a theory of the case.

1:56.4

And they're still searching for a suspect who was captured in that chilling video on Guthrie's

2:00.7

doorbell camera the night she disappeared. The video shows a man who the FBI says is 5-9

2:06.5

to 510, wearing a 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker backpack and armed with a gun. The FBI tells NBC

2:14.4

news that recovered a glove about two miles from Guthrie's home that's consistent

2:18.5

with the type of glove the suspect was wearing in the doorbell video.

2:23.0

The FBI says DNA from that glove belongs to an unknown man.

2:28.3

Meanwhile, the sheriff's department says DNA, that is not Nancy's or those in close contact

2:33.6

with her, was collected from her property.

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