NEW YORK (AP) — Savannah Guthrie was back and almost all business at NBC’s “Today” show anchor desk on Monday, marking a return for the first time in more than two months since her mother’s disappearance. “Here we go, ready or not,” Guthrie said as the show opened. “Let’s do the news.”

After running through a series of news headlines, Guthrie said that “we are so glad that you started our week with us and it’s good to be home.” Her co-host, Craig Melvin said that “it’s good to have you back at home.”

She greeted longtime co-worker Al Roker with “Good morning, Sunshine,” when he noted that it was good to see her on the set. At the end of the first 25-minute portion of the show, she offered Melvin a high-five.

Emotions got the better of her before the last half hour, when she joined her colleagues in front of fans gathered at the show’s Rockefeller Center studio. She fought back tears when one fan was seen with a “Welcome home Savannah” shirt, and clutched colleague Jenna Bush Hager’s arm and thanked people for their support.

Guthrie says it’s hard to go forward not knowing what happened