u.s. pacific command, three things they would say, we are u.s. pacific in land we detected a missile and you are intended target. that's when the button was supposed to be pushed. what you heard in your interview someone didn't get the phone call from anyone, which is what courtney was saying, they had no sign of this. instead, someone pushed the wrong button in the room that triggers the emergency alert system. let me explain why there were push alerts to cell phones but not sirens, 394 sirens throughout the islands of hawaii by mistake. this could be a big fat human error that triggered a message this is not a drill we've detected inbound ballistic missile coming from north korea. it could be as simple as massive hue middle east m human error. now that's something that would have to be sorted out by them. but from our perch here where we were yesterday inside the civil defense bunker on hawaii sounds like this was a big mistake. and you have the key part of it in your interview. >> over there in hawaii. stay with us. i'm joined by national secur

u.s. pacific it was the error of u.s. pacific command sent this message out in error? no, i think this is from hawaii emergency manage testament system. and people have been tweeting out notices they saw it on television and radio. it wasn't just from them. and that kind of alert would not come from pacific command. it wouldn't come from nor ad for example. it shows the need to really think about every step along the way if this actually does occur, how the public is informed, and then what are they supposed to do. speaking to other folks in hotels. when is the last time here in los angeles or washington d.c. where to go for nuclear fallout. we have seen articles about how you are supposed to get interior part of the building or basement. but there is it a chunk of them below my age that don't remember the duck and cover days or remember what to do. >> sure. and colonel before i ask you one last question, doug brings up a good point. there should be notices people go. bull you are on vacation in hawaii. i'm sure it wasn't top of mind when you landed and greeted at the

u.s. pacific command has to target a missile threat to hawaii they're momento on and television was interrupted by a false alarm over an impending missile strike. al-jazeera has been given access to an unpublished un report that chronicles the extent of human rights violations and documents possible war crimes in yemen the findings present. to to the security council are shakti critical of saudi led coalition airstrikes which of course the majority of civilian deaths in the war the report also bolsters accusations by the u.s. that he raney weapons have been supplying to hoofy rebels which breaks a u.n. embargo the united arab emirates is accused of running torture camps in yemen where people have allegedly been beaten and given electric shocks the reports paint said devastating picture of a conflict which is left more than ten thousand people dead and led to widespread famine and displacement diplomatic editor james bays who've seen the reports as more. this is a report to the u.n. security council has not been made public it's only been given to the fifteen members of the security council but

u.s. pacific command. from what i heard from your guest earlier, that we did not hear that this was a call from u.s. pacific command. >> much more to come. false push alert sent about 90 minutes ago to folks in hawaii indicating a ballistic missile was headed to hawaii. conclude wg the phrase, this is not a drill. a few minutes later we found this was a false alert. we'll have much more to come from our correspondent and perspective from washington as well. before you and your rheumatologist move to another treatment, ask if xeljanz xr is right for you. xeljanz xr is a once-daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. it can reduce pain, swelling and further joint damage, even without methotrexate. xeljanz xr can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections, lymphoma and other cancers have happened. don't start xeljanz xr if you have an infection. tears in the stomach or intestines, low blood cell counts and

u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii a missile named packed on land or sea within minutes this is not a drill. well minutes later officials were scrambling to reassure people that there was in fact no threat their local congresswoman tweeted there is no incoming missile the message was sent out inadvertently but for many of those reassurances came too late locals were already rushing for safety and some tried to take shelter in storm drains u.s. pacific command explained that the message was sent out in error and the federal communications commission announced that it has launched a full investigation this happened a month after hawaii launched its nuclear early warning system over the threat from north korea. it's to stream i feel a little bit like it is out of mind the idea so much supposed to like find a bomb shelter am i supposed to go to the bank to get a job but. i'm not very sure. regarding the new one alarm system i wonder what good it's going to do i remember when i did fifty years when i had to put my head under a desk in the elementary school and ten min

u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii a missile may impact on land or sea within minutes this is not a drill. minutes later officials were scrambling to reassure people that there was in fact no threat a local congresswoman tweeted there is no incoming missile the message was sent out inadvertently but for many those richards's came too late locals were already rushing for safety and some tried to take shelter in storm drains. i mean u.s. pacific command explained that the message was sent out in error and the federal communications commission announced that it has launched a full investigation it's happened a month after hawaii relaunched its nuclear early warning system over the threat from north korea. to stream i feel a little bit like it was my idea so much to close to like find a bombshell to. go to the bank. but. i got very. regarding the warning alarm through there and i wonder what good it's going to do i remember when i did what i had to put my head under a desk in the elementary school. ten minutes warning what good does that do you just ridiculous. well ridicu

u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat your home why a missile may impact on my own to receive within minutes this is not a drill. within minutes though officials scrambled to reassure people that there was in fact no threat at all a local congresswoman tweeted there is no incoming missile the message was sent out in the first and play the locals were already rushing to safety by this time with some trying to take shelter in storm drains the governor of hawaii apologize for the incident and blamed it on an employee pushing a button by the state. governor is now calling for a deescalation in the crisis with north korea in the week the two koreas held their first official talks in more than two years called by many and historic meeting given the tensions in the region are these moderate gas the earth is following developments. it went well which is rare to hear these days when it comes to the korea's one north korea agreed to send a delegation to the winter olympics in pyongyang chang sportspeople performance for the cultural events it's simple if the north attends the lympics it

u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii a missile may impact on land or sea within minutes this is not a drill. minutes later officials were scrambling to reassure people that there was in fact no threat and local congresswoman tweeted there is no incoming missile the message was sent out inadvertently but for many those reassurances came too late locals were already rushing for safety and some tried to take shelter in storm drains now the u.s. pacific command explained that the message was sent out in error and the federal communications commission announced that it has launched a full investigation this happened a month after hawaii relaunched its nuclear early warning system over the threat from north korea. concerning i feel a little bit like it is out of my i have no idea how much supposed to like find a bomb shelter am i supposed to go to bed bound to get a job but. i'm not very sure. regarding the new one a warmth i wonder what good it's going to do i remember the night he did what i had to put my head under a desk in the elementary school and ten minutes warning wha

u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii. missile may impact on land or sea within minutes. >>> students at the university of hawaii running in panic. >> put the baby in the bathroom and didn't know what else to do and the stroller in case we have to run. >> what happened to the totally unacceptable? >> someone pushed the wrong button and let everybody in hawaii that there was this incoming ballistic missile. it took the government 38 minutes to be able to issue a correction! >> mr. president, do you believe you're racist? he did not answer. his silencing was deafening. >> what is, quote/unquote, racist to the paul ryan wing of this party they have traded in the dignity of this country for their tax cuts. >> it was a bad remark and i would hope the president would retract it and move on from it. ♪ >> announcer: this is "new day weekend," with victory black dog we victor blackwell and christi paul. >> for 38 minutes, yesterday, people on the islands, they thought they were about to be hit by a ballistic missile. the chaos and

u.s. pacific command explained the message was sent out in ever and promised a full investigation well this all happened a month after hawaii really launched its nuclear warning system over the threat from north korea. cannot is the news for now on our team trashmore program started in just a moment. from our team hates q two r.t. by for not showing thomas is here in half an hour's time with. young children who have worked in bolivia for generations almost three quarters of a million doing so today. this culture led to the development of the libya's new liberal and highly controversial children's code in two thousand and fourteen which gave children as young as ten the right to work under certain circumstances but there's a new thing this. is all news. eat well with us in the end all. the things years. but there are hundreds of thousands of children in bolivia operating completely outside the local. mining work is strictly forbidden by the children but it's never enforced and that means the school boy minus here continues risking their lives for the money they need to survive on. lemme warh

u.s. pacific command, which is in charge of all military forces in the pacific, and it monitors north koreanaunches, did not detect any launch, they issued a statement at 8:35 local saying quote no detected ballistic missile threat to hawaii. earlier message was sent in error. state of hawaii will send out a correction notice as soon as possible. guess what? it took another 10 minutes from that notice at 8:45 local, hawaii emergency management agency finally sends out a correction nearly 40 minutes after the initial one went out and not only did it startle the million residents of hawaii. of course you have tens of thousands of tourists to the island of hawaii. we have a pga golf tournament going on. interesting, eric, just less than two months ago, the state of hawaii brought back their sirens to have cold war era tests that they haven't seen in the state of hawaii in decades. that's because of course of north korea's ratcheting up ballistic missile tests. last year north korea performed over 25 tests including three tests of an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time in north

u.s. pacific command based in hawaii in pearl harbor runs all u.s. y operations, army, navy, air force, marines, in the entie pacific region, southern pacific, all the way to hawaii and parts of the pacific. so you're talking about hundreds of warships based in hawaii, you're talking about ships based -- gillian: lucas, we have to leave it there, we are tossing to kelly in new york, but thank you so much. mike: breaking news from washington, now for continuing coverage we go to colleagues in new york. gillian: thanks. kelly: fox news alert, frightening false alarm for people in hawaii, thousands of people receiving an emergency alert on their phones just a short time ago, the warning heading, quote, ballistic missile threat inbound to hawaii, seek immediate shelter, this is not a drill. about ten minutes after the alert was sent out, hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard confirming it was fake. hello, everybody, i'm kelly wright. >> i'm laura ingel. hawaii has been

the question is why did it take so long, the pacific command and the u.s. military armed that would be getting this notification, the offset to determine whether there is an in coming missiles put out something right away. there is no ballistic missile in coming. this is a false alarm and look, arms of the u.s. government very concerned today ana, they were concerned that this was hacked or obviously, this does not seem to be the case, concerned also that adversaries could be lo looking that the u.s. response time to see how long it would take a local government to inform the local citizens. everyone's nerves are still very raw and even though we know tast false alarm. >> right, people were afraid and panicked and now they are angry and relieved. the longer term effects is the next time emergency message goes out, people are not taking seriously. how worry are officials that damage have been done to the system? >> the damage is the confidence in the emergency system. you know, look, this is local governments have their own kind of notify occasiications syst

u.s. military's pacific command also said there was no ballistic missile threat to hawaii a pakistani official says a serial killer may be behind the rape and murder of a young girl whose death sparked days of angry protests eight year old dana unsorry was found dead in a garbage dump on tuesday the home minister of punjab province says d.n.a. evidence has linked zainab death to at least five other cases of child abuse and murder in the area eight people have been detained including two of the girl's relatives. the chin is in government says it will spend an extra seventy million dollars in aid for poor families it's a move which ministers hope will contain growing public discontent over a newly newly implemented austerity measures which are prompted protests across the north african country. reports. really starts his day ensuring his staff offer the best services to their clients so the review was abandoned but twenty years ago he quit his job and started his own business and environmentally friendly hotel in the town south of the capital tunis it's saturday the restaurant was fully booked i

u.s. pacific command tweeted as well. u.s. pacific command has detect nod ballistic missile threat to #hawaii, alert message was sent in error and false alarm and congresswoman tulsi who represents hawaii wanted to say, this is false alarm, there is no incoming missile with hawaii. i have confirmed with officials, there's no incoming missile. getting back to mom and sister hiding in the garage crying, that's a nightmare situation for that family and other families, so on the phone right now, i was just talking about her and we have been allude to go her and her tweet is hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard. good of you for joining us today, bad time, what happens next to allay the fears and make sure we don't have a situation like this occurring again where it's a false alarm? >> aloha, we are still working to try to get the word out and making sure that everybody in hawaii has gotten the message that this was, indeed, a false alarm. as soon as i was able to -- as soon as i heard of the alert, i immediately called hawaii's state

u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii. a missile may impact our land or sea within minutes. >> the false alarm and the fallout. the wave of panic and the silence from the white house. >> when the people of hawaii got this message yesterday, they're literally going through this feeling of, i've got minutes to find my loved ones, to say my last good-byes. >> yesterday, and now today, how did this happen? and why are some blaming the president for the fear that swept over hawaii? but we begin with new reaction from congress amid the fallout over president trump's alleged use of for feign language to describe immigrants from haiti, el salvador and africa. mia love explains why the alleged comments were particularly painful. >> we had a lot of people that were supporting the president and the vice president. my mom and my dad actually spoke to vice president mike pence and told him that they were praying for him. that they were doing everything they can to support him, so this was very -- it was heartbreaking for them. >> were

pacific command of the u.s. military supposed to go into that room and then these men and women that staff the room are supposed to send out not only the text alert, the television alert and sirens. one other thing i want to say to you, davids, about supposedly sirens being sounded across the island. we didn't hear sirens on this side of the island. on the waikiki side. there are 394, telling you throughout the day, sirens throughout the state of hawaii. sounds as if a line of questioning to vern miyagi and the governor, the military may have sounded their own sirens. it throwed a terrifying experience on the i lund. seeing changes put into place on the state level. the question will be once congress holds hearings about this, the u.s. military is able to weigh in, is this responsibility going to rest in the hands still at the state government here of vern miyagi and the people who work for him inside diamondhead crater a stone's throw away from where we are now. >> thanks for your time. >>> and kov covering the

u.s. pacific command detected a missile threat to hawaii. a missile may impact on land or sea within minutes. this is not a drill. if you're indoors -- >> this was the nail biting alert warning of a ballistic missile heading to one of the most beautiful places on earth, all over hawaii people ran to take cover in garages, basements, police stations and concrete bunkers. turns out the false alarm happened because a state worker hit the wrong computer button. we get more on it all from malika lincoln in honolulu. >> what happened today was totally unacceptable and many in our community was deeply affected by this and i'm sorry for that pain and confusion that anyone might have experienced. >> reporter: a somber apology from the governor as state officials admitted human error was to blame for the false ballistic missile threat alert and the nearly 40 minutes it took for a correction to be issued. >> there was no automated way to send a false alarm cancellation. we had to initiate a manual process and that was why it took a while to notify ever

u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii. missile may impact on land or sea within minutes. this is not a drill. if you are indoors, stay indoors. if you are outdoors, seek immediate shelter in a building. remain indoors well away from windows. if you are driving, pull safely to the side of the road and seek shelter in a building or lay on the floor. we will announce when the threat has ended. >> nbc's jacob soberoff is in honolulu, kelly o'donnell near the president's mar-a-lago resort in florida. jacob, good morning. and i mean good morning, it is just after 4:00 a.m. in honolulu and a big yikes to what folks heard yesterday, including you, who were there on business. are people resting easy after getting their nerves rattled? >> reporter: well, alex, there's a certainly a huge sigh of relief on oahu and throughout the hawaiian islands. cell phone signals were jammed up with people calling their loved ones, literally to say their good-byes. people were running for cover. this all took place at a time, of course, of heighten

u.s. pacific command is on the other line, they would get a message that would say this is u.s. pacific command, we've detected an inbound ballistic missile threat, you are the intended target. that is the only time ever that the alert that went out is supposed to go out. never in terms of a drill. in fact, the message itself said that this is not a drill. what occurred in that room is that one of the people -- potentially one of the guys i met, but we don't know for sure quite yet, double clicked an alert during a routine shift change that was supposed to be a test and instead activated the mechanism that warned residents across hawaii. we knew -- or we were suspicious at least that it wasn't a real ballistic missile inbound because we didn't hear the sirens. there were 394 sirens across the state of hawaii that are supposed to sound in the event of a ballistic missile incoming, and the notification sounded from that center. there were no sirens sounded. it was only the text message. so it led to a lot of confusion, particularly on our part. and it was only after those very terr

u.s. pacific command tells them no missile inbound to hawaii. more than half an hour of that, for a second notification to be sent out, leaving hawaiians to sit in terror for nearly 40 minutes. joining me now is major general robert scales, former commandant of college and former msnbc analyst. bob, good to talk to you. >> hi, ali. >> 40 minutes, this could be over. i don't know what to do. this is not one of the things where we are used to nuclear drills in the way americans used to be. that's a lot of time to go by. what in your opinion should have happened here? >> oh, so difficult to unpack. we know you don't even go to the bathroom without invoking the two-man rule. this is embedded in the whole nuclear business going back to the 1950s. so what i found so interesting is emergency management agency in hawaii literally had a one-man rule imbedded in their software so that one person makes the decision or makes a mistake to push a button and there's no one sitting beside him to verify that. just think of the implications of this. particularly

u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii a missile named packed on land or sea within minutes this is not a drill people across the island also received a warning text message instructing them to seek shelter against the supposed that impending strike the ages say late and it was a false alarm the u.s. miniature specific command also said there was no ballistic missile threat to hawaii those are your top stories that's it from may stay with us our walls of shame west bank is coming up next as thousands of rogue engines seek refuge in bangladesh a new armed group is taking shape fighting the government and me and mom only because they refuse to give us our basic rights as citizens for the first time a member of the our camera had just salvation army talks to al-jazeera at this time . in two thousand and two the israeli palestinian conflict was further inflame as a contentious supporter was cast in concrete. the following film first aired five years after construction began on what israel describes as a separation wall. friday afternoon in the west bank village of. anoth

u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii. and the moment hawaiian television was interrupted by a false alarm over an impending missile strike. and i'm peter sims in doha with all the day's sports news as the twenty eighteen african nations championship kicks off in morocco the host to playing mauritania in the opening game mormeck later this news hour. for starters there has been given access to an unpublished u.n. report that chronicles the extent of human rights violations and documents possible war crimes in yemen the findings presented to the security council are shocked a critical of saudi led coalition airstrikes which of course is the majority of civilian deaths in the war the report also bolsters kids ations by the us that iranian weapons have been just for supplies to hooty rebels which breaks a u.n. embargo the united arab emirates is accused of running torture camps in yemen where people have allegedly been beaten and given electric shocks the report paints a devastating picture of a conflict which has left more t

u.s. pacific command detected a missile threat to hawaii. >> reporter: and that was the reality. students running to bunkers. hotels evacuating guests. >> please go to the lobby to receive directions. >> reporter: all what turned out to be a false alarm during a time of heightened tension. >> heads better roll on this one. >> reporter: the governor of hawaii called it a human error. >> it was a procedure that occurred at the change of shift where they go through to make sure the system is working, and an employee pushed wrong button. >> reporter: bay area congresswoman barbara lee has this to say over the false alarm. >> this is deeply concerning. it's dangerous. it's unprofessional. we have to get to the bottom of this. people, um, are fearful, and this is a moment where we have to reflect upon what's going on. >> reporter: kpix 5 security analyst jeff harp says in a moment of heightened transpacific tensions, this mistake will give the state of hawaii the opportunity to address shortcomings in their system. >> this will allow them to build some redundancies in. >> there's an in

u.s. pacific command detected a missile threat to hawaii.issile may impact on land or sea within minutes. >> that's what people across the island heard yesterday until state officials sent out notice 38 minutes later that warning was an accident. today the chairman of the fcc says it appears the government of hawaii didn't have safe guards in place to prevent transmission of a false alert. hawaii announced a new protocol that includes activation and verification by two people for a warning to be issued. yesterday's mistake is blamed on one emergency services employee. that worker has sense been reassigned. >> the white house scrambled to respond to hawaii's false alert without having tested any formal response plans to missile attacks at a senior level and it took way too long to correct the alarm. >> the horrifying alarm sweeping over hawaii saturday morning. >> this is not a drill. if you are indoors, stay indoors. >> generating far-reaching national security concerns, residents heading for bunkers, tourists marching into basements, hunker

u.s. pacific islands of hawaii on saturday over an official of telling people to run for cover because of a ballistic missile threat although it did turn out to be a false alarm people were sent text messages and t.v. broadcasts were interrupted to raise the alarm within minutes though officials scramble to reassure people that in fact there was no threat to local congresswoman did tweet there is no incoming missile the message was sent out in adversity but locals were already rushing for cover and safety was some trying to take shelter in storm drains the governor of hawaii apologize for the incident and blamed it on an employee pushing a button by mistake. for the u.s. embassy in iraq announced on tuesday that one hundred fifty million dollars will be spent this year rebuilding cities left devastated by war on islamic state but that's only a fraction of what america has earmarked for its ongoing military operations there . as more what does this look like to you mad mad. resident evil no this is mosul or rather what's left of it quote a sea of thousands of air strikes we filmed this a f

u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii. >> reporter: the horrifying alarm sweeping over the state over the weekend. >> a missile may impact on land or sea in minutes. >> reporter: residents heading for bunkers. tourists marching into basements fearing the worst. >> because of what's going on in mort korea, i tended to take it seriously at first. >> reporter: the real fear stoked by kim jong-un's missile program. >> kim jong-un was the happiest guy in the world yesterday because his nuclear program has done what he wanted it to do. that is be able to strike fear in the hearts of the american people. >> reporter: the threat of an take lasting some 38 minutes on saturday. >> the fact that it took so long for them to put out that second message to calm people, to allay their fears that this was a mistake, a false alarm, is something that has to be fixed. >> reporter: the f.c.c. which helps manage the emergency alert system is launching its own investigation. saying the government of hawaii didn't have reasonable safeguards to prevent the transmission of false alert. during a

u.s. pacific islands of hawaii on saturday over an official of the telling people to run for cover because of a ballistic missile threat although it did turn out to be a false alarm people were sent text messages and t.v. broadcasts were interrupted to raise the alarm within minutes though officials did scramble to reassure people that there was in fact no threat a local congresswoman tweeted there is no incoming missile the message was sent out inadvertently but locals were already rushing by that time for safety for some trying to take shelter in storm drains the governor why. he even apologized for the incident and blamed it on an employee pushing a button by mistake well the early warning system was reinstated as tensions between the u.s. and north korea the governor is now calling for deescalation in the crisis earlier in the week the two koreas held their first official talks in more than two years called by many in the story meeting given the current political climate art is more against you is following developments. it went well which is rare to hear these days when it comes to th

u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii. >> reporter: and prompted evacuation announcements. >> please report to the lobby to receive direction to the basement. >> reporter: desperate parents put their children into manholes, terrified families huddled in closets. others shared what they thought could be their final good-byes. >> and i just want you to know they love you guys. >> we thought this was it. >> reporter: laurie callies' family ran to their basement for cover. >> my 95-year-old mother, who we were not going to say anything to until we had all the information who lives in a retirement community here called us on the phone and said, "i can't get on the floor! i can't get on the floor!" and she survived pearl harbor. >> reporter: that terror soon turned to anger. >>id said heads better role on this one. >> reporter: hawaii's senator brian schatz tweeted, "there was thrs no missile threat." cbs news spoke to him on the phone. >> regardless of whether it's human error or a computer glitch or a hack, whatever it was, it's totally unacceptable, and there needs to be bett

u.s. pacific command they have made me sad interceptors in alaska in california and of course unable to flee dollar own and so ideally and rationally they should not be panicking when the fact they are actually or the not quite easily managed to rattle the americans like no one has and the size difference between them makes it all the more are preposterous initially donald trump was criticized for not getting back in apologizing or saying about this seems the white house says the president was briefed on what they're calling it emergency management exercise but if that's the case it sounds like it was a test and actually was done kind of purposely a lot of what do you think. it's quite possible i mean the american government and agencies have often played games with their people and created scarce in order to test how the response mechanisms are and there's an oral history going back to the boardwalk for this but i think super the timing of this is totally wrong they should not be doing these things because right now in martin south korea however approach mark and they are looking forward to

u.s. pacific command detected a missile threat to hawaii. >> reporter: the horrifying alarm saturdays morning. residents heading for bunkers. tourists marching into basements, hunkering down fearing the worst. >> because of what's been going on in north korea and things, i took it seriously at first. >> reporter: fears by kim jong-un's program. >> kim jong un was the happiest guy in the world yesterday because his nuclear program has done what he wanted it to do, and that is be able to strike fear in the hearts of the american people. >> reporter: hawaii residents lived with the threat of an attack for 38 minutes. that's how long it took to correct the false alarm. >> the fact that it took so long for them to put out that second message to allay fears that this was a mistake, a false alarm is something that has to be fixed. >> reporter: the fcc which helps manage the alert system is launching its own investigation saying the government of hawaii did not have safeguards to prevent the submission of a false alert. richard cantu, abc news, new york. >>> president trump is pushing back against al

u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii. a missile may impact on land or sea within minutes. this is not a drill. if you win doors, stay indoors. if you were outdoors, seek immediate shelter in a building. remain indoors well away from windows. if you are driving, pull safely to the side of the road and seek schettner a building or lay on the floor. we will announce when the threat has ended. >> a frightening message indeed. nbc's sarah dallof has the story. >> reporter: for nearly 40 minutes saturday, residents and tourists in hawaii feared nuclear was imminent. after this emergency alert was mistakenly sent to cell phones statewide. >> i just went to a concrete building. >> i was with my two little girls who are 8 and 10, so kids are crying and nobody really knew what to do. >> reporter: panicked people searching for loved ones, seeking shelter and information. >> it was a great deal of disbelief, like is this really happening? >> reporter: officials later apologized at a news conference, for the 38 minutes it took to resc

the pacific command this statement came out from commander david. u.s. has detected no missile threat to hawaii. earlier message was sent in error. there will send out a correction message as soon as possible. this was the alert that first went out this morning. it is 7:00 a.m. hawaii time as people are getting their coffee. seek shelter this is not a drill. this is really a bad accident and perhaps the worst you could even imagine, scaring everybody in hawaii into believing that perhaps they only had minutes left to live. is being blamed on a state worker who accidentally flipped the switch her touched a button during shift change. clearly that is being looked into. >> as we have seen it came from hawaii with the governor and emergency management that only are they investigating an offer more training, the fcc is also investigating it. >> the federal communications commission monitors and regulates all intra- and interstate wire communications, television and satellite. that must be used responsibly. the fcc is investigating this as is the state of hawa

u.s. pacific command. the supervisor played a recorded message over the phone. recording began by said exercise, exercise, exercise. language consistent with the script for the drill after that it did not follow the standard operating procedures. instead, recording included language scripted for use for next rely ballistic missile alert. the facet included the sentence, this is not a drill. it again set exercise, exercise, exercise. three receive this message on speakerphone. according to a written statement is related to the bureau the dayshift heard this is not a drill but did not hear exercise, exercise, exercise. according to the statement the warning officers believed the missile threat was real. at 8:07 a.m. the officer responded by transmitting an alert. he software to send the alert they selected it from a drop-down menu the alert software confirmed if they wanted to do this and it said you are you sure you want to do this the warning officers report they knew the message did not indicate a real missile threat that was supposed to indicate the beginning

u.s. pacific command reiterating around 8:35 but it would take 40 minutes after the initial alert for the management to send a message to cell phones confirming a false alarm. hawaii's governor yesterday explaining the delay. >> no automated way to send a false alarm cancellation. we have to initiate a manual process and now was why it took a while to notify everyone. the 38th minute interval is really the interval we had to manually go through the process to provide notification on the smartphones and cell phones. arthel: joining me now is tyler cowen with every security intelligence expert. also a former cyberdeputy chief intelligence officer with the defense intelligence agency. good to have you here with us to talk about what was a scary mess they are. we know now that this is caused by human error. how is the system supposed to work? let's start there. be my first upcoming thank you for having me to talk about this really critical issue. how the system is supposed to work is.com has the missile warning systems than they receive very strict protocol followed to determine whether this

u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii. a missile may impact on land or sea in minutes. this is not a dral. why some are calling on the president to take some responsibility for the scare, but in the hours after that false alarm, all we got was this tweet from president trump about fake news and attacking main stream media. they don't really want it, they want to talk and take separately needed money away from our military. his words on twitter this morning as the federal government begins accepting renewal requests from dreamers. jeff bennet is live in west palm beach, florida. what we have heard from the president this morning, the white house weighing in minimally yesterday about what happened in hawaii. >> the president said nothing, david, about what happened in hawaii. he uses his twitter account to weigh in on a number of things. he has not weighed in yet about what happened in hawaii, and we have no other statement beyond what the white house said yesterday other than it was a state exercise. the white house seems v

u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii. >> the alert went out on social media to cell phone push alerts after 8:00 this morning. this led people to panic. some running in the streets, fearing a missile from north korea. about 40 minutes later, another alert went out saying the warning about a ballistic missile was a fake, and tonight, the governor of hawaii is apologizing. >> what happened today was totally unacceptable, and many in our community was deeply affected by this. and i'm sorry. i'm too very angry and disappointed that this happened. >> while the message may have been fake, it might have uncovered a real problem that investigators are looking into. the governor says some people did not get the message on their cell phones. >> plenty of tourists were caught off guard. >> a san francisco couple had just started their honeymoon there. >> reporter: what started as a dream destination wedding in hawaii quickly turned into a nightmare for phil and katie. the couple, from san francisco, was rattled by a terrifying alert that a ballistic missile was headed their way

u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii.ay impact on land or sea within minutes. >> alerts were sent to tvs and cellphones, this is not a drill, sending people all over the islands running for cover. tonight, new warning from nuclear experts that other scares like saturday's false alarm could prompt american or north korean leaders to take measures that could take us on a path to war. >> you've heard of the fog of war. well, the fog of nuclear war is even thicker. so we have to be aware that these tensions will and can get out of control. >> cnn is told president trump was briefed within just a few minutes of the initial alert in hawaii that it was a false alarm. but if somehow it had become unclear whether a north korean missile was really flying toward the u.s. or not and the president felt he had to act, he'd have a frighteningly short amount of time to respond. >> the president has five or six minutes to make a decision. there will be a three or four minutes to implement that decision by the war room in the pentagon. one

u.s. pacific command detected a missile strike to hawaii. >> after that false alert went out, people scrambledto find cover in what they thought were the vital moments and it took 38 minutes before a correction alert went out. when and how did all of this happen? it started around 8:05 in a shift change. internal test was initiated and then at 8:07, a staty stae wide warning system was sent. they validated that there was no missile launch. at 8:20 a.m., 20 minutes after the false alarm was sent out, they issued a public notification of can velation via facebook and twitter. at 8:45, 38 minutes later after wfring authorization, they canceled the false alert. let's bring in the analyst and general mark. thank you both. what is the protocol? when all of this was happening, were alerts sent to the white house and the pentagon? the moto col went backwards in the event yesterday. what happens is northern command or defense command will receive a launch indicator and show through satellites, the point of hj for incoming missile. they get that quickly and they confirm it with the command of the theate

u.s. command in hawaii that does the pacific. the spokesman commander says on the record, u.s. missile to hawaii. earlier message was sent in error. the state of hawaii will send out a correction message as soon as possible. obviously twitter was blowing up with the idea that so many people were getting this text and it was unclear whether it was a hoax or a false message. clearly as this missile threat continued to be leaving the hawaiians very concerned, you can understand that the state of hawaii has been doing contingency planning, possibly even getting these messages ready for the event that there was a missile threat. obviously they'll put out some more information about how this came to be, but right now the state of hawaii sending that message in error. >> clearly they would know. julia, go ahead. >> i think it's somewhat outrageous at this stage that they haven't sent out a correction. i'm not on twitter. maybe someone can confirm that. the mistake is known -- >> i'm told we haven't seen one. >> if you're going to use systems that are fast, you better use them quickly

u.s. pacific command detected missile threat to hawaii. >> this sent the island into turmoil with students running to bunkers, hotels evacuating guests all for a false alarm over a nonexistent ballistic missile threat during a time of heightened tensions with north korea. >> it was a procedure that occurred with the change of shift they go through to be sure the system is working and an employee pushed the wrong button. >> a bay area congress woman barbara lee had this to say. >> this is deeply concerning. it's dangerous, unprofessional. we've got to get to the bottom of this. people are fearful and this is a moment where we have to reflect on what is going on. >> hawaii islands said 5000 miles from and it would take 32 to 37 minutes to hit hawaii. >>> recovery crews are still slowly making progress as they dig away mud and boulders from last week's mudslides. at least 19 have been killed and five others are still missing. some residents have lost their homes and they're slowly losing their businesses as well. >> it's going to be tough. i know they really want to open. my mom was telling m

u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii -- >> reporter: the horrifying alarm sweeping over hawaii saturday morning. >> a missile may impact on land or sea within minutes. >> reporter: residents heading for bunkers, tourists marching into basements, fearing the worst. >> because of what's been going on in north korea, i intended to take it seriously at first. >> reporter: real fear stoke bit north korean leader kim jong-un's ballistic missile program and nuclear test explosions. >> kim jong-un was the happiest guy in the world yesterday, because his nuclear program has done what he wanted it to do, be able to strike fear in the hearts of the american people. >> reporter: hawaii residents live with the threat of an attack for 38 minutes on saturday. that's how long it took to correct the false alarm. >> the fact that it took so long for them to put out that second message, to calm people, to allay their fears that this was a mistake, a false alarm, is something that has to be fixed. >> reporter: the fcc, which helps manage the emergency alert system, is launching its own

u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii. >> it pushed hawaiians into full-blown panic fearing an attack from possibly north korean missiles that can easily reach the hawaiian islands. people reportedly running from beaches and seeking shelter. grocery stores closing. >> people crying and nobody really knew what to do. >> we were actually grocery shopping and received an emergency alert message that stated ballistic missile threat in bound to hawaii, seek immediate shelter. this is not a drill. >> reporter: john aaron reported from his honeymoon in hawaii. >> we woke up to quite a scare this morning. an alert told us there was an incoming missile threat. >> reporter: that alert lasting for a whopping 38 minutes until a second alert. >> once again, that alert that came out for the ballistic missile has been canceled. it was fake. >> reporter: the governor of hawaii explaining what happened. >> i never was made in emergency management which allowed this false alarm to be sent. it was a procedure that occurs at the change of shift where they both use to make sure that the

u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii. a missile may impact on land or sea in minutes. this is not a drill. >> reporter: the mistake sending panicked residents for their lives. mr. trump saying tension with north korea contributed to the chaos. >> part of it is is people are on edge. maybe eventually we will solve a problem so they won't be so on edge. we have great talks going on. the olympics you know about. a lot of things can happen. >> reporter: now, the only administration official to address the president's remarks is homeland security secretary kirsten nelson, who was in the meeting at the white house. she would she doesn't recall the president making those remarks. there is no denying that the outcry comes as the white house is in critical negotiations with capitol hill just days before the government is scheduled to run out of money, chris and poppy. >> caitlyn, you're standing out there in that south florida weather so i have no problem keeping you a little longer. let me ask you a couple of questions. one, nobo

u.s. pacific command has detected a miss el thre -- missile threat to hawaii. this is not a drill. if you are indoors, stay indoors. if you are outdoors, seek immediate shelter indoors. stay indoors well away from windows. seek shelter in a building or lay on the floor. >> students at the university of hawaii running in panic. in honolulu people packed parking garages and basements searching for cover and protection. many of them called their loved ones and said their good-byes. terrifying parents pulling up manhole covers and dropping their kids into the sewer pipes. everyone in hawaii believed ballistic missiles were coming their way. why wouldn't they believe it? this came from the state emergency center. "this is not a drill." nearly 40 minutes later, it was a sigh of relief, no missile is coming. hawaii's governor is, by his own words, not a happy man today. >> what happened today is totally unacceptable, and many in our community was deeply affected by this and i'm sorry and i'm, too, very angry and disappointed that this happened. >> we'll be talking live with the governor i

u.s. pacific demand detected a missile threat to hawaii. >> at 8:07 the warning message went out on televisionia text message saying ballistic missile threat inbound to hawaii. seek shelter. this is not a drill. state representative matt lopressi's family was enjoying a relaxed morning and suddenly worrying about nuclear anile lags. they gathered in the bathroom and began praying. >> we all just got down, got in the tub, waiting for a flash and i was going to cover the kids with my body. >> what are you children saying to you? >> she looked at me and said, daddy are we at war? i had to say yes. and she just looked at me and said why. all i could do was hug her. >> reporter: panic ensued and students ran for cover on campus. for 38 minutes, citizens had no idea the message was sent by mistake. inside diamond head crater in this bunker where the state warning point is. this is where the mistake originated. an officer brought the wrong template up on the computer and then the computer asked whether or not you want to send out the message and someone clicked yes. it all happened during what was su

u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii. missile may impact on land or sea within minutes. this is not a drill. if you are indoors, stay indoors. if you are outdoors, seek immediate shelter in a building. remain indoors well away from windows. if you are driving, pull safely to the side of the road and seek shelter in a building or lay on the floor. we will announce when the threat has ended. this is not a drill. >> so the way that differs from a test of the emergency broadcast system is basically the lay on the floor and this is not a drill part. for 38 harrowing minutes on a saturday morning, upwards of a million people had reason to believe they might be living out their last moments on the great planet earth. finally a follow-up alert was sent out making clear there was no threat, but the whole false exercise has left a whole lot of folks wondering and worrying about the possibility of an accidental retaliation someday. we have two gentlemen here to talk about this tonight. from honolulu, former member of the national se