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Savannah Guthrie’s husband, Michael Feldman, is a communications consultant who previously worked in President Bill Clinton's administration.
Who Is Savannah Guthrie's Husband, Michael Feldman?
Feldman has served as the co-chair of the North America chapter of the international public relations firm FGS Global for over three years. In 2001, he founded the communications consulting firm Glover Park Group.
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Prior to his external consultancy roles, he served as a liaison to the Clinton-Gore White House and the U.S. Congress, and as a senior adviser to Vice President Al Gore for both terms. Clinton and Gore served as president and vice president from 1993 to 2001.
He graduated from Tufts University with a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 1990.
When Did Savannah Guthrie and Michael Feldman Get Married?
Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie met Feldman at his 40th birthday party in 2008. They started dating the year after, and were engaged in 2013, according to People. Guthrie divorced her first husband, Mark Orchard, in 2009.
The couple has been married for over a decade, tying the knot in March 2014 in Tucson, Arizona and have two children together: a daughter and a son. The couple celebrates Christian and Jewish holidays with their children, as Feldman is Jewish and Guthrie is Christian.
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Nancy Guthrie Missing: Latest on the Case
The FBI and the Pima County Sheriff's Department released surveillance images of a potential subject in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie, on Tuesday. The search has entered its second week as family members continue to plead publicly for her safe return as investigators expand their efforts in Arizona.
She was last seen at her home in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood of Tucson, Arizona, on January 31. An alleged ransom note was sent to local news stations and TMZ after her disappearance. Investigators in the abduction case are consulting AI experts to examine the ransom notes and determine their validity and possible origins, sources told the Los Angeles Times on Monday.
Nanos has said Nancy needs daily medication, and it could be fatal if she did not have the medication every 24 hours.
The FBI said on Monday that it is unaware of ongoing communication between Nancy's family and the suspected kidnappers. There were purported ransom deadlines set for Thursday and again on Monday evening, both of which appear to have passed.
Savannah Guthrie posted a new video on Instagram on Monday, asking for the public's help.
"We believe our mom is still out there," Savannah said in the clip, shared on her Instagram. "We need your help. Law enforcement is working tirelessly around the clock, trying to bring her home, trying to find her. She was taken, and we don't know where."
She said, "No matter where you are, even if you're far from Tucson, if you see anything, you hear anything, if there's anything at all that seems strange to you, that you report to law enforcement. We are at an hour of desperation, and we need your help."
Savannah posted photos of the masked suspect on her Instagram on Tuesday with the caption, "We believe she is still alive. Bring her home."
What People Are Saying
FBI Director Kash Patel said in a Tuesday X post: “Over the last eight days, the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department have been working closely with our private sector partners to continue to recover any images or video footage from Nancy Guthrie’s home that may have been lost, corrupted, or inaccessible due to a variety of factors - including the removal of recording devices. The video was recovered from residual data located in backend systems. Working with our partners - as of this morning, law enforcement has uncovered these previously inaccessible new images showing an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie's front door the morning of her disappearance.”
Retired FBI Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer told NewsNation on Tuesday: “From the very beginning those notes never made sense in terms of somebody who truly was trying to obtain a ransom, specifically the lateness, the fact that they went to the media, the fact that the FBI and local law enforcement was crawling all over the case and now you’re going to come with a ransom demand. It made no sense; it seems more like they were trying to torture the Guthrie family.”
Gregory Vecchi, a retired FBI special agent/criminal investigator, told Newsweek last week: “There’s evidence to suggest that there is some sort of an abduction that happened, and I think that them going down the road on doing the video and following those leads, I think that’s really good police work on that.”
The Pima County Sheriff's Department said in a statement to Newsweek and other outlets on Monday: "Many of you observed an active law enforcement presence at the Guthrie residences over the weekend. That activity will continue tonight and into tomorrow as part of the ongoing investigative process, including the expansion of the search and follow-up on new leads. This is all part of the investigative process, as the search for Nancy expands and new leads come in. To preserve the integrity of this criminal investigation, details of that process are not being released at this time."
The FBI said in a previous statement provided to Newsweek: "The FBI is not aware of any continued communication between the Guthrie family and suspected kidnappers, nor have we identified a suspect or person of interest in this case. Additional personnel from FBI field offices across the nation continue to deploy to Tucson. We are currently operating a 24-hour command post that includes crisis management experts, analytic support, and investigative teams. But we still need the public's help. Someone has that one piece of information that can help us bring Nancy home. We need that person to share what they know."
What Happens Next
Anyone with information is asked to contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324). Individuals can also contact their local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate. Tips can be submitted online at tips.fbi.gov. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the recovery of Nancy Guthrie and/or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance.
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