we heard from the mayor a short while ago, peter carlisle. he was saying, if that's the case get out of your car and start walking to higher ground. because he warned the people of hawaii, at this point, they were pulling out the police from the low-lying areas to keep them safe and that if anyone wasn't evacuating or wasn't able to evacuate, there's nothing they can do now, there is no police that could come to their aid. that's his message a few minutes ago. of course, many people are in hotels. and that's where they need to be at a certain level in the hotel for safety. we were going to go with somebody in a hotel but now i'm told we've got another official on the line with the pacific tsunami warning center. sorry, sir, i didn't get your name, what was your name? >> victor sardina. >> victor, what can you tell us about this tsunami, what's expected in the next few minutes? >> well, actually, we are expecting it to hit hawaii in roughly, actually, less than 15 minutes now. it's actually 14 minutes away. so if you look at the orientation of

listening to the mayor of honolulu just moments ago, peter carlisle, talking about how this is not an exact science and residents need to heed warnings, asking folks there in hawaii not to go down to the coastal areas and to stay in the evacuation zones because you are never too sure. this is an advisory that stays in effect until 7:00 p.m. sunday night and even though he sees no damage. even though the waves that have come in thus far have been small, again, the waves they're looking at what set off the alarm bells over 3 1/2 feet, the scientists haven't quite seen that, they're still asking people to stay in the evacuation zones, to stay hunkered down wherever they are at. hopefully it is in an area that is of higher elevation. so it is now 11:38 p.m. in honolulu and we're looking at live pictures, again, things relatively calm there in hawaii. this was a tsunami warning issued and was supposed to come in some time around 10:28, but, like you're seeing, things relatively calm there. it doesn't mean we're not going to continue to keep a close eye on it. however, we are watching anoth

mayor peter carlisle, the mayor of honolulu, joins me now from the office of emergency management. good morning or good evening to you. tell me where things stand right now. >> you know, we have been monitoring it. we've had -- part of the event has already come through. they're analyzing all of the data. and ultimately what we're going to be doing is meeting in another 35 minutes to try and determine do we have enough information to give us a good idea of where we are now. we already know we do not want people returning to their homes in the tsunami evacuation zones yet. i believe the military, at least in some instances the marines have started to return people. but it's premature for us to do that. we believe that