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Like this house, including on a national security. >> absolutely. they were describing 21 bases that will be affected by the storm. we just heard from the assistant secretary of defense from homeland defense and the head of northern command, and they outline these hurricane props. they will oversee all military systems, including active-duty and national guard involvement in prepping for the storm before it makes landfall. they outline what assets they have preposition. the pentagon has already ...

This is on top of 13 top-level positions that are currently occupied by acting officials in fema, not by full-time fema staffers. >> well, im going to tell you, i have confidence in fema, but weve got to remember theyre not a 911 force. they tried to play first responder in puerto rico, and that didnt work. when the states are overwhelmed, they can ask other states for help. then the big dog is the department of defense. thats supposed to show up when the states dont have the assets they need. i...

Militarys operations and maintenance budget according to republican chairman of the house armed services committee. >> it says if any operational units are used, secretary mattis has to certify that it will not affect readiness. >> the pentagons top officer has arriened u.s.-northern command based based in colorado, starting from the revolutionary war and war of 1812 till today and coincide with the 100th anniversary with tend of world war 1. its not clear how much the parade will cost taxpayers...

Served and really tailor toward 100th anniversary of world war i but also give an opportunity to honor those veterans who never had a parade. >> the council was concerned roads would be damaged with heavy armaments rolling down pennsylvania avenue, spokes han for the u.s.-northern command say at this time we do not intend to use tanks at parade. jennifer griffin, fox news. >> 46 minutes after the hour, a father pulling off operation glass flipper for his daughter. >> oh, man, lump in your throat...

Communication with command for one thing because this kind of necessary alert was supposed to come from pacific command upon information from northern command that there is a missile strike and it is heading our way. so all of those communications systems have got to be aligned not to mention whatever role the federal government has, fema, as well as fcc to make sure that every states warning systems are what they should be. >> what a cautionary experience. > let me mention one more thing. the o...

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. lets 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 defens...

It was definitely an interesting vibe everywhere. >> we are glad youre okay, amanda. everybody is okay, certainly. >> cnn producer amanda golden, thank you for spending time with us early, early this morning. 4:00 a.m. out on the west coast. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you. we did talk with cnn military analyst lieutenant general mark hertling last hour. listen to what he said at the protocol if a missile attack should really take place. >> this particular event yesterday was horrible...

And the head of our emergency management agency, as well as general joe logan who heads our national guard. so everyone is focused first of all on finding out exactly what happened and yes it was human error and then to make sure that there are fail-safe processes in place so this never happens again. i also had an opportunity to talk with admiral harris. because this kind of alert is to come from northern command. and when he learned of it, he contacted northern command and they have the satell...

Has the hawaii emergency management agency, as well as general joe logan, our adjutant general, the hawaiian national guard general. so all three are very much focused on assessing what happened and to make the appropriate changes, will ensure that this kind of mistake will never happen again. >> senator, switching subjects -- >> but let me just mention, richard, i also talked with admiral harris, pacific command. and when he learned of this, the first thing he was to contact northern command. b...

>> lets say im partial because i arrived in new orleans for four days. >> i remember. >> that general has staff in san antonio. and hes issuing orders through that staff. he also had the entire northern command and pentagon to assess needs, stuff that could have been moving early. thats the only recommendation. >> nothing beats being on the ground. >> nothing beats being on the ground, but he had to wait for orders. i serve with him before. he was in a part of the army when we took on the missio...