The CBS Mornings co-host addressed the Guthrie family’s emotional plea to their mother Nancy’s abductor during the Thursday, Feb. 5 broadcast

Gayle King Tears Up on CBS Mornings Reporting on Savannah Guthrie's Missing Mother Case;

Gayle King and Savannah Guthrie.Credit : CBS; Savannah Guthrie/Instagram

Gayle King didn’t hold back when reporting on the news of Savannah Guthrie and her siblings’ emotional plea to their mother’s presumed abductor.

On Thursday, Feb. 5, CBS Mornings opened with a shot of King and her stone-faced co-hosts, Vladimir Duthiers and Adriana Diaz, as they played footage from the Guthries’ emotional Instagram video, which was released on Wednesday evening.

“We’re starting things a little differently this morning because like you, we’re all waking up this morning with very heavy hearts — praying for our friend and our colleague, Savannah Guthrie,” King, 71, shared. “Her mom Nancy is still missing at this hour and late last night, the Guthrie family went public with a very emotional message.”

King got visibly choked up with her voice shaking as she relayed details of the Guthries’ video.

Gayle King Tears Up onCBS Mornings Reporting on Savannah Guthrie's Missing Mother Case;

Vladimir Duthiers, Gayle King and Adriana Diaz report on Savannah Guthrie’s mom’s abduction on CBS Mornings.CBS

In the clip, the siblings discussed their 84-year-old mother Nancy, calling her a “kind, faithful, loyal, fiercely loving woman.” The trio then asked the abductor or abductors for proof that their mother is still alive amid reports of an unverified ransom note.

“We are all wishing that Nancy comes home,” King said. “Everyone’s talking about this story. It is an unimaginable situation for the Guthrie family.”

The veteran journalist began to tear up, sharing the part of the video that affected her the most.

“Savannah just got to me where she says ‘mommy,’ ” King said. “To hear a grown woman say, ‘Mommy, we’re all looking for you.’ Everybody’s looking for her.”

King added that the situation is “something that none of us can imagine having to do,” calling it “so frightening and so disturbing,” adding, “I can’t stop thinking about Savannah and her siblings putting that video message out.”

Getting more emotional throughout the broadcast, King noted, “Your heart can’t help but break for her.”

Gayle King and Savannah Guthrie attend the New York Giants Super Bowl Pep Rally Luncheon at Michael's on February 1, 2012 in New York City.

Gayle King and Savannah Guthrie in 2012.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

Despite working on different networks, King and Guthrie have been friendly through their decades-long careers.

“We all know how close she was to her mother,” King stated. “You keep seeing those pictures over and over and over again. We’re trying to make sense of something that makes no sense. And that’s why we keep struggling and gasping for something. Help us understand how this is happening, why this is happening and what we can do about it? It’s so, so, so scary to me.”

Nancy was last seen alive on the evening of Saturday, Jan. 31, by her daughter, Annie. Friends called the family on Sunday, Feb. 1, when Nancy failed to show up at church. She was reported missing to the authorities later that day.

In addition to local law enforcement, the FBI has now also gotten involved in the case. Anyone with any information on Nancy’s disappearance or whereabouts is urged to contact 1-800-CALL-FBI.