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Savannah Guthrie releases video marking two weeks since mom’s disappearance

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Savannah Guthrie posted a new video on Instagram Sunday, marking two weeks since her mother Nancy Guthrie's disappearance and sharing a message of hope.

"I wanted to come on, and um, 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," Savannah Guthrie said. "And I wanted to say to whoever has her or knows where she is that it's never too late, and you are not lost or alone."

Savannah Guthrie added, "It is never too late to do the right thing, and we are here. We believe, and we believe in the essential goodness of every human being."

A retired police sergeant and trainer, Betsy Brantner Smith, said that an Arizona House member is part of why Tucson is "such a mess" after the Democrat lawmaker criticized the reporting in the Nancy Guthrie case.

State Rep. Alma Hernandez, who represents Tucson, slammed "random wannabe journalists and YouTubers" who she says have "caused more harm than good." She urged reporters to go home and to let law enforcement do their jobs.

"As someone who lives & represents Tucson/ Pima County, I am so sick of watching the 'reporting' grifting, insane speculation, lies, and BS by random wannabe journalists and YouTubers who have now caused more harm than good to this entire situation and put this serious case in jeopardy," she wrote on X. "Please GO HOME. Let law enforcement do their jobs. Stop following them during SWAT operations and playing detectives."

"I am sick of the constant LIES from those who can't even spell Tucson and clearly have never been to our city," she added. "This home is not near downtown or midtown, so posting random videos of people walking in yards ain't it y'all, no, Mexicans don't all look the same, yes, our sheriff should probably stay off social media and not speak to the press anymore. Yes, this is sad, and we all want Nancy home. But seriously, PLEASE STOP."

Brantner Smith responded by telling Hernandez she is "part of the problem" in Tucson and criticizing her for her social media biography, which states that she is a "proud Zionist," a Mexican-American and a professor.

"Here's one of the reasons Tucson is such a mess," Brantner Smith wrote. "Read this local rep's 'bio' & see her nasty words demanding that the folks visiting here, who've been spending $$$ at our hotels & restaurants, 'go home.' Alma, you don't 'represent' most of us. You're part of the problem."