India, March 26 -- NBC's Today anchor Savannah Guthrie has spoken publicly for the first time since her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, disappeared from her Arizona home nearly two months ago and her words were filled with grief and guilt.

In an emotional interview with her close friend and former co-host Hoda Kotb, Guthrie fought back tears as she struggled with the thought that her fame might have put her mother at risk.

"It's too much to bear, to think that I brought this to her bedside . and it's because of me," she said. "I'm so sorry, Mommy. I'm so sorry. . to my sister and my brother and my kids and my nephew and my brother-in-law. I'm so sorry if it is me."

She also suggested a possible reason someone might have targeted her...