. >> reporter: the newlyweds got the alarming news while eating breakfast at their hotel on kauai. they shot this video on their cell phones. hotel guests filed into the basement to seek shelter. phil says it did cross his mind that they could die. the couple just exchanged vows january 8. >> a wedding really symbolizes a new beginning, so there's so much to look forward to as we begin our life together. it was scary to know that perhaps that could be cut short, really, at any moment. >> yeah, i think one of my first

. >> reporter: valerie turner, who lives on kauai, shows us where she headed with her family after a scary alert on her phone which said, ballistic missile threat inbound to hawaii, seek immediate shelter, this is not a drill. >> i was overwhelmed with the thoughts going through my head, there's a missile coming on our way, i don't know where to go or what to do. >> reporter: valerie got her kids jacob and leah to a downstairs bathroom. >> i felt really scared and i ran down the stairs and sat there and prayed to god. >> reporter: most of hawaii the 2 the alert. ron, who was in the east bay, was on his last day of vacation when he got the scary news. >> my wife and daughter and friends and girlfriends were in tears. >> i'm trying to drink a mai tai and running for my life. >> reporter: garrett from florida is on vacation on the big island. hotel staff told him to shelter in his room. >> that's the last thing i wanted to hear. i wanted an evacuation plan, like what should we be doing right now? >> reporter: these tourists were told to seek shelter in the basement of this hotel. >> i w

. >> reporter: valerie turner, who lives on kauai, shows us where she headed with her family after a scary alert on her phone which said, ballistic missile threat inbound to hawaii, seek immediate shelter, this is not a drill. >> i was overwhelmed with the thoughts going through my head, there's a missile coming on our way, i don't know where to go or what to do. >> reporter: valerie got her kids jacob and leah to a downstairs bathroom. >> i felt really scared and i ran down the stairs and sat there and prayed to god. >> reporter: most of hawaii the 2 the alert. ron, who was in the east bay, was on his last day of vacation when he got the scary news. >> my wife and daughter and friends and girlfriends were in tears. >> i'm trying to drink a mai tai and running for my life. >> reporter: garrett from florida is on vacation on the big island. hotel staff told him to shelter in his room. >> that's the last thing i wanted to hear. i wanted an evacuation plan, like what should we be doing right now? >> reporter: these tourists were told to seek shelter in the basement of this hotel. >> i w

. >> reporter: the newlyweds got the alarming news while eating breakfast at their hotel on kauai. they shot this video on their cell phones. hotel guests filed into the basement to seek shelter. phil says it did cross his mind that they could die. the couple just exchanged vows january 8. >> a wedding really symbolizes a new beginning, so there's so much to look forward to as we begin our life together. it was scary to know that perhaps that could be cut short, really, at any moment. >> yeah, i think one of my first thoughts was, are you kidding me? this is like day 4. >> reporter: katy says they did their best to stay calm but saw other people crying and panicking. finally hotel staff announced there was no missile at all, it was a false alarm. >> how did you feel? >> i think i said, whoo! >> reporter: katy and phil say the whole incident was confusing. they hope this serves as a wake-up call to be prepared in case of a real threat. the alert was an awakening way to start their life together, but they're going to try to enjoy the rest of their honeymoon. >> this video shows more

. >> valerie turner who lives on kauai shows us where they stayed. missile threat, inbound to hawaii, seek immediate shelter. this is not a drill. >> i was overwhelmed with the thoughts going through my head that there's a missile coming our way. i don't know where to go or what to do. >> valerie got her two kids, jacob and leah, to a downstairs bathroom. >> i felt really scared and ran downstairs and sat there and prayed to god. >> most of hawaii got the same frightening alert. on the last day of his vacation, this man got the news. >> my wife and daughter and her friends, her girlfriends were in tears. >> i'm trying to drink a mai tai i might have to run for my life. >> they're on vacation on the big island. he was told to shelter in his room. >> i want an evacuation plan. what should we be doing right now? >> these tourists were told to seek shelter in the basement of this hotel. >> i was still scared. >> she was crying. >> i was scared. >> it took almost 40 minutes before the public was told the cell phone alert was a mistake. it happened when a

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kauai defines our wild. people in power investigate exposes and questions they use and abuse of power around the globe at this time on al-jazeera. the street is quiet the signal is given. out so it's safe to walk to school last year the more than thirty minute is in this community in one month the police say this area is a red zone one of several in some townships and children sometimes it caught in the crossfire when rival gangs fight so parents and grandparents have started what they call a walking bust to try to take them to gang violence i lost my. i also lost my but there are more than one hundred fifty volunteers working for several walking busses teachers say it is working class attendance has improved the volunteers also act as security guards unbelievable it sounds like agreement between criminal slide trading and stolen goods that have been taken by the place if anyone ever comes to ask the question minister throw their hands up in the air and say i don't know i was just nominated director we're do

. >> reporter: valerie turner, who lives on kauai, shows us where she headed with her family after a scary alert on her phone which said, ballistic missile threat inbound to hawaii, seek immediate shelter, this is not a drill. >> i was overwhelmed with the thoughts going through my head, there's a missile coming on our way, i don't know where to go or what to do. >> reporter: valerie got her kids jacob and leah to a downstairs bathroom. >> i felt really scared and i ran down the stairs and sat there and prayed to god. >> reporter: most of hawaii the 2 the alert. ron, who was in the east bay, was on his

one person i know in kauai woke to this emergency and the terror these people went through. they didn't know what to do. i have a hard time believing someone bumped into a button on the computer and this happened. if that's the case, how poorly designed was that system? judge jeanine: how do we verify it? >> i have got a lot of belief in congresswoman gabbard. somebody who is independent that can come in and look at it and say show me what you were doing. try to recreate it. and hold somebody accountable. you can't just say it's a mistake and pat them on the back and let them keep doing their job. judge jeanine: if there is a consequence yen, there should ba con question -- there should bea consequence for the 38 minutes it took to figure it out. >> supposedly they were doing a drill than was a shift change. who is in charge? what if there was a missile attack coming in. it should be a wake-up call for hawaii and for emergency management across the country. it could be an quake and a lot of things. judge jeanine: the information we got this week is devin nunes made it clear

what if they did need to get other information out, what if something hit kauai and they needed to communicate the other islands. i think that someone, total's trust and believe in her, i don't agree with her, go walk through the system, show someone -- >> i think you will find out it of the not true. connell: before we talk about that. look at some of this video footage, a manilowerring a child into a manhole, people seeking refuge after the false alert, panic at university of hawaii, students running for cover, hiding in classrooms. really was unbelievable in hawaii. now, former intelligence operator, navy figh fighter pil, leah gabriel with me, what do you think of the questions that they are questioning that he hit the young button. >> you have to be really careful using that language in today's political environment, where conspiracy theories abound, having served in mill pear for 2 years, i have seen systems in place where people takeover a watch, that is what they were doing, they go through a check list, they reinstated this, from when i am reading, and reporting there are two options

. >> molly watson is on her way to kauai from sfo.glad it was a false alarm but it really scared her relatives. >> they were terrified. they had friends on other islands that were being sent to bomb shelters. >> a day many will never forget. cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> and take a look at what happened on the university campus. students panicked after getting the false missile alarm and started running. this video was taken at the university of hawaii. some students said their first instincts was to jump out of bed, grab necessities and call their loved ones. the white house issued a statement. lindsey walters wrote, "the president has been briefed on the state of hawaii's emergency management exercise. this was purely a state exercise." >> the federal government is once again taking daca renewal requests. immigration officials announce yesterday the deferred action for childhood arrivals program will continue until further notice. it gives legal status to immigrants brought to the u.s. as children. you may recall last week a fede

what if something did hit kauai and needed to communicate with maui and oahu and the big island of hawaii are you telling me they had to go through all the gyrations? i think gabbert, i trust and believe in her, i don't agree with her on everything, go walk through the system. >> i think you will find this is not necessarily true. steve: we don't have much to say other than to note this is not a joke, it was incredibly serious and really, really emotionally disturbing for hawaiians. tonight get to something else that president trump said earlier this week that many people found quite shocking, listen to this. >> maybe you should start bringing back a concept of earmarks that's going to bring you together. you're going to do it honestly, get rid of the problems that the other system had and did have problems, one thing it did is brought everyone together and this country has to be brought together. steve: ed, come on. >> he has to make a better case than that. steve: what are earmarks? >> earmarks are targeted extending projects that lawmakers on both sides could say i have $100,000 that's

one of our writers, his brother lives on kauai. his brother and his brother's wife were asleep and the kids, they have two kids, got the alert on their iphones. they woke their parents up to tell them there were missiles on the way. [ laughter ] and you know what they did? they all got into bed together and watched cat videos on youtube. [ laughter ] [ applause ] i don't know. what are you going to do? there's a thread on reddit where people describe what was happening. one guy wrote, "i was at work here on maui. i told my big schmamoan boss we should just hug. this way they'd find us froze nen time like the folks they found in pompeii after mount vesuvius. things were a little awkward the rest of the day. [ laughter ] sure. my wife grabbed my son and ran for the hospital. i grabbed? change and started paying the parking meeter. my wife turned back and yelled, what are you doing? i yelled, we have to pay the meter even if the world is going to end, we're not savages. [ laughter ] here's another one. my friend is visiting his grandf

people on kauai were getting ready to participate in the local march to commemorate dr. dr. martin luther king jr. day. families were sitting around the table eating breakfast. others were sleeping in after a long week of work. at 8:07, everything changed. mobile phones throughout hawaii received an emergency alert in all capital letters, informing them of a ballistic missile threat inbound to hawaii and that this was not a drill. the terror and panic were real, and people's reactions reflected that. parents passed their children through manhole covers into the sewers seeking safety for them. separated family members took to the highways, driving as fast as 100 miles per hour to get home. some had to decide whether to rush to be with their spouse or their children. 38 minutes later, an emergency alert came through saying that there was no missile threat, false alarm. the relief was palpable. this relief gave way to real visceral anger, anger that there was a false alarm, anger that it took 38 minutes to alert the public, anger that we faced a missile threat at all. this inci