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Being sent out by mistake. officials say a state employee pushed a wrong button during a routine drill. and thats why this was sent out. saying an inbound missile, this warning came to cell phones, tvs and radios saying a missile was inbound headed for hawaii. >> yeah. and as you know, people panicked, scrambled to find shelter saturday morning. 38 minutes it took for the mistake to finally be corrected. >> from my side, i just want to apologize to the folks. because its my team, my responsibili...

>> no, this wasnt a drill. it was a huge mistake. the employee who apparently pushed the wrong button has been disciplined and reassigned. so how did it happen? and what are officials doing to make sure it doesnt happen again. sara sidner is in honolulu with the latest. fill us in. >> reporter: ana, lots of things have been done now by emergency managers to keep this from ever happening again. one, there will have to be double confirmation when any kind of drill or message is sent out. two, i wa...

Integrity matter. >> looking at senator jeff flakes comments, hes free to speak because hes about to bounce at the end of the year. not only is he calling out trump looking at the comments on wednesday. hes calling out other republicans for standing with him. >> they deserve it. >> weve got to go. i appreciate the conversation. >> thank you. >> thanks for joining us. coming up next on the clock, democratic congressman john lewis says there will be no government funding without a daca deal for th...

Just think about this for a second. what would you do for 38 minutes? the people in hawaii were paralyzed in fear, huddled in batht bathtubs, praying, crying. there is video of a dad dropping his kids in a manhole. 38 minutes. thousands of people thought they were about to die because of this. an emergency alert on their phone. it read, ballistic missile threat inbound to hawaii. seek immediate shelter. this is not a drill. well, it turns out it was a drill. this highway sign in honolulu showing...

>> where they can take shelter from a nuclear bomb coming their way? one thing that i have been calling for for a long time is direct talks to actually happen between the united states and north korea, between president trump and kim jong un. kelly: president trump talking to reporters saying they would be working with hawaii and also was asked about north korea? >> we will see what happens with north korea. we have great talks going on, the olympics you know about, a lot of things can happen. k...

Some parents so scared, they put their kids into the sewer for protection. the government has apologized many times and it seems to have resonated with president trump. >> we hope it wont happen again. part of it is that people are on edge. maybe eventually well solve the problem so they dont have to be so on edge. >> weve learned that the mistake was the result of an employee at the emergency management agency hitting the wrong button during a shift change. the employee has been reassigned whil...

Telling me what they went through when they got that alert, and one was a father who had two kids in different places on the island, and he had in those seconds to make a decision about which of his children he was going to go and spend the last-minutes of his life with. steve: i mean, look, we make jokes about pushing the wrong button. but its really serious and awful for people. you had a point of view about this. >> it was horrific and a circus comedy of errors in a very serious situation. i ...

Oral-b. brush like a pro. >> eric: it was the monumental error that sent hawaii into a panic over the weekend. an employee pushed the wrong button. it sent an emergency text message to cell phones all across the islands, warning folks of an inbound missile. a ballistic missile coming their way. people seek shelter, emphasizing it was not a drill. and then another message went out saying the first message was a false alarm. >> with the consequence? this is obviously bad. im working on credibility...

They were nearly 40 minutes of fear from the residence of hawaii. the governor of hawaii has apologized profusely. that is something that has resonated with president trump. >> i love that they took responsibility. they took total responsibility. but their attitude, what they want to do, i think it is terrific. they made a mistake. >> weve learned that mistake was a result of the employee at the emergency management agency hitting the wrong button during a shift change. that employee has been re...