NBC used to promote the cast of the “Today” show as “America’s first family,” and this agonizing week has shown why.

Tasked with overseeing the local law enforcement response to the apparent kidnapping of news anchor Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nanos has met a charged situation with infelicitous choices of what words...

The desperate search for the 84-year-old continues with investigators hoping for a break in a baffling case.