Guthrie Ransom Mystery, Clintons Face Epstein Depositions, Grim Tepe Murder Details: AM Update 2⧸6
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Summary
NBC News host Savannah Guthrie's brother posts a new video message as the search for their missing mother enters its sixth day. Bill and Hillary Clinton back down and agree to appear for depositions as part of the Epstein investigation. New forensic details in the Tepe murders reveal the gruesome final moments of the couple s lives, and President Trump delivers wide-ranging remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast.
Transcript
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It's Friday, February 6th, 2026, and this is your AM update.
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This is Cameron Guthrie. I'm speaking for the Guthrie family.
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Whoever is out there holding our mother, we want to hear from you.
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NBC News host Savannah Guthrie's brother, Cameron, posts a new Instagram video message
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as the search for their 84-year-old mother, Nancy, enters its sixth day.
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I'm very pleased today that the terms were the rules of a standard deposition.
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So they're not going to be treated any differently than anyone else.
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Bill and Hillary Clinton backing down and agreeing to appear for depositions before Congress
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New forensic details in the Tepe murders reveal the gruesome final moments of the couple's lives.
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And President Trump delivers wide-ranging remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast.
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The search for NBC News host Savannah Guthrie's mother, 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie,
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A new video posted on Savannah's Instagram last night, this one of her brother Cameron.
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Whoever is out there holding our mother, we want to hear from you.
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We need you to reach out and we need a way to communicate with you so we can move forward.
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But first, we have to know that you have our mom.
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We want to talk to you and we are waiting for contact.
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Multiple media organizations receiving a ransom letter earlier this week
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requesting an undisclosed amount of Bitcoin by 5 p.m. yesterday.
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The latest Guthrie video on Instagram posting exactly at 5 p.m. local time.
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A second deadline listed in the ransom note, the specifics of which have not been disclosed,
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FBI Special Agent Heath Yonke yesterday confirming the ransom letter contained details relevant
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to the crime scene, referencing a floodlight on Nancy's home and her Apple Watch.
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Agent Yonke also saying the note did not establish any kind of communication protocols.
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To the contrary, TMZ, which received a copy of the ransom note,
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reporting yesterday that the letter made clear no talking was desired.
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As investigators worked to solve Nancy's disappearance,
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a California man under arrest for allegedly sending fake ransom texts.
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Derek Colella of Los Angeles arrested by the FBI in connection with two text messages
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received by Nancy Guthrie's daughter Annie and her husband Tommaso Sioni
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shortly after the publication of the Wednesday video featuring the three siblings.
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The texts sent from a California-based phone number, reading, quote,
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Did you get the Bitcoin? We're waiting on our end for the transaction.
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Investigators determining the phone number was generated through an app,
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allowing users to create a secondary number for their mobile devices,
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Some quick investigative work allowing law enforcement to connect that phone number to an email address,
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the FBI gathering additional records leading straight to Colella's residence.
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According to the criminal complaint, after being read his Miranda rights,
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Colella admitted to using the account associated with the phone number that sent the two text messages.
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He also made a nine-second-long call to an unidentified member of the Guthrie family.
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Colella telling authorities he found the Guthrie family's information on a website
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and sent the message to see if the family would respond.
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Colella's charged with two felonies related to demanding ransom payments across state lines
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Authorities say the text messages are not linked to the ransom demands received by the media.
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and agreeing to appear for depositions before the House Oversight Committee
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in its probe into the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton now publicly challenging
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Oversight Committee Chairman Republican James Comer
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The Oversight Committee issuing a subpoena for both Clintons in August.
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Over the subsequent months, Congressman Comer accusing the Clintons
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of not working in good faith to secure a deposition date.
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In January, the Clintons taking a principled stand,
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Every person has to decide when they have seen or had enough
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and are ready to fight for this country, its principles, and its people,
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After Chairman Comer moved forward with a contempt of Congress vote,
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and someone else will have to fight for the country.
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Just in time to avoid a full House vote this week.
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Had the House approved the contempt resolution,
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the citations would have been referred to the Department of Justice
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Under federal law, contempt of Congress carries a maximum penalty
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of up to one year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.
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Congressman Comer on Tuesday telling reporters that if they fail to appear,
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I'm very pleased today that the terms were the rules of a standard deposition.
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So they're not going to be treated any differently than anyone else.
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And the dates will be in February, in the next few weeks.
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The contempt of Congress is for failing to show up.
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This will be their third date that we've given the Clintons.
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I think the Democrats, I think there are Democrats that will vote
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to hold him in contempt if he misses, if the Clintons miss this next date.
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I think every American and every curious reporter would have.
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The depositions set to be filmed and transcribed,
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then released publicly, according to the chairman.
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Emails from the last minute negotiations released by the oversight committee,
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showing the Clinton legal team requesting that any questioning take place in a public hearing.
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That request rejected in a follow-up email from the committee confirming details of the deposition.
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Yesterday, Mrs. Clinton going public with the challenge, writing on X, quote,
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If you want this fight, Representative James Comer, let's have it in public.
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There's nothing more transparent than a public hearing.
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Chairman Comer responding Tuesday to the prospect of a public hearing.
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If we get to the deposition and there's something meaningful to have a hearing,
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then I think the members of my committee would love to have them in for a public hearing.
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But the issue here is this original subpoena and the contempt was on the deposition.
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So if they get to the depositions and they still want a public hearing, we'll try to do something.
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Because I think that I don't and I don't think it's any secret.
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Depositions have historically been much more substantive than hearings.
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Hearings are unfortunately have become more of an entertainment thing.
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This is a serious investigation and it's bipartisan.
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Mr. Trump Tuesday from the Oval reacting to the Clinton's deposition battle,
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referencing the unprecedented lawfare waged against him and his family business
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She was better in debating than some of the other people, I will tell you that.
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They went after me like, you know, they wanted me to go to jail for the rest of my life.
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Then it turned out I was innocent, very innocent.
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So they tried to put me in jail and I shouldn't feel this way,
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but I feel badly that they have to go through that.
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But then I say, but they did far worse than me.
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Coming up, new forensic details in the Tepe family murders,
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the brutal final moments of the couple's lives revealed,
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and President Trump delivers wide-ranging remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast.
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Newly released autopsy reports revealing the brutal final moments of Columbus, Ohio dentist,
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allegedly at the hands of Monique's ex-husband.
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The Tepe's discovered deceased on December 30th inside their home,
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after a friend went to check on them when Spencer did not show up to work.
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According to the Franklin County Autopsy Report,
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once in the right cheek, three shots to the chest,
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The report indicating Spencer was shot seven times,
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once in the left ear, the left side of the neck,
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left hand, left upper back, and right arm near the elbow.
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also could indicate he was trying to defend himself or Monique.
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surgeon Michael McKee in Rockford, Illinois, on January 10th,
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alleging he drove 900 total miles to and from Columbus,
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carrying out the killings between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m.
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Monique and McKee were briefly married in August 2015,
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An affidavit revealing investigators also discovered video
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capturing McKee near the Tepe home for several hours,
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from the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network.
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to one of the weapons that ties it to the homicides.
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revealing Monique previously told friends and family
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claiming that he told her he could kill her at any time.
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McKee is charged with four counts of aggravated murder
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He has since been extradited from his home in Illinois
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McKee appearing in court virtually for the arraignment.
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President Trump making his sixth appearance yesterday
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at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington.
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Mr. Trump touching on some current political battles,