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This was a shift change. in was a regular drill they have been doing every day here as tensions have been heightened between the president and kim jong-un. it was just a big, fat mistake by state officials that monitor the civil defense. this has illicited a response from ajit pai. he said "based on the information weve collected so far, it appears that the government of hawaii did not have reasonable safeguards or process controls in place to prevent the transmission of a false alert." and the ...

System in place here based on the rising tensions between president trump and kim jong-un, the leader of north korea. they put the risk of an actual ballistic missile attack pretty low, frankly, below hurricanes and tsunamis, things they prepare for here, but that did not stop what state officials are calling a very critical human error from sending out a very real alert that said this is not a drill. theres an incoming ballistic missile detected and scaring a lot of people here. officials are n...

Message that goes out like that. were looking at exclusive footage from in that room. we have a look at what it takes to send a message like that. they say this is not a drill. this was a click of a wrong button by a state official. it sent people into panic mode here. people in washington dc asking for answers. >> the fact that these processes failed so epicly that caused this trauma, that caused this terror aross hawaii must be held accountable. >> the add min stray or of the agency responsibl...

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...

Trouble and heart break that we caused today. we spent the last few months trying to get ahead of this whole threat so that we could provide as much notification and preparation time for the public. today was something that i regret because i accept responsibility for this. this is my team. we made a mistake. were going to take processes and study so this doesnt happen again. let me go over -- you were distributed today a press release, hard copy. theres a time line in there. i would like to spe...

Able to broadcast messages across all platforms, and certainly thats what the intention was. you know, 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 everyone. >> is there a way where it could come out much faster? wouldnt that be a better option? >> certainly we will be looking at -- weve already implemented some actions to speed the process so that the public would be notified faster, but we are eva...

Made or natural disasters is a local responsibility and i think it will continue to be a local responsibility. what im looking for is some accountability at the state government level to understand who made what mistakes, what processes need to change, and then the most egregious of owl after the problems is that ern when the general talked to pacific command and confirmed that there was no missile coming our way, everybody in hawaii waited between 30 and 40 minutes to get that word. in the soci...

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...

Other tests as we have done in the past. you know, we believe that its imperative that we continue to exercise the alert system. we recognize that this false alarm is a terrible thing to happen, and we have implemented changes already to ensure that it doesnt happen again. we will further refine the processes as we go forward to make sure that we can put in better safeguards to prohibit this from happening. >> how many personnel does it take to run the 24/7 operation? >> right now we have, for t...

Option? >> certainly, we will be looking at -- weve already implemented some actions to speed the process so that the public would be notified faster, but we are evaluating all of the processes that we currently have to ensure that we can provide the notice to the public as soon as possible. >> to clarify. the 38 minutes that transpired before the initial alert and the false alarm notification was the result of the time that you guys needed to manually take control of the -- >> no. a couple thin...