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What to do when this was all playing out just after 8:00 a.m. saturday. many thought that the united states and, more specifically, hawaii, was getting a missile attack from north korea. now, the governor has apologized multiple time since. that really seems to have resonated with president trump. >> we hope it wont happen again. people are on edge. hopefully we will solve the problem so they wont have to be so on edge. >> reporter: saturday, so chaotic that some families even tried to put their...

Made hes a racist, but here we are. >> bret: yeah, its been something to cover. brit, as always, thank you. >> bret: that responsible the alert in hawaii is in a different job. they are changing the protocol for when an incoming missile alert can be issued. will carr in honolulu assess the implications for the weekend chaos are being felt far from hawaii shores. >> after a terrifying moment in hawaii, president trump seeming to accept the profuse apologies from state leaders. >> i love that they...

Together. what were they thinking in north korea when this happened? >> they like the fact that theyre in the headlines. they like the fact that they can sow panic in the united states without even doing anything. so thats good for them. i think the thing we have to worry about is we have technology systems that we increasingly dont completely understand or control. remember, you have one guy that was able to shut down president trumps twitter account for 11 minutes. clearly the managers of twit...

System, he was also asked about talks with north korea. >> we are going see what happens with north korea. we have great talks going on. the olympics you know about, a lot of things can happen. kelly: and congresswoman tulsi gubbard also stated that past administrations have failed in talking to north korea, as for that false alert, governor david egai said the worker who hit the wrong button has been reassigned pending an investigation. fcc says there was not enough safeguards in place to preve...

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 ...

Power did and the fact that the president is actually talking about it and the democrats dont want to show up and dont want to have this discussion is just shameful because i think theres common ground and can solve the problems but the democrats have to be there and actually willing to work with consequences of an election that give all the levers of power to the republicans. >> right now the national missile alert system is under review after hawaiis false alarm triggers panic. rob: but even t...

Public confidence in the wireless emergency alert system. when the real emergency hits you want people to take that information seriously. brian: right. i thought it was very admiral that the state took total responsibility yesterday. the president pointed that out. this is on us. how many of our states have a similar system where one person could come in and reportedly hit the wrong button and have this happen? do you have any idea? >> so the fccs investigation is ongoing, what can i tell you i...

They sent a warning seek shelter, where do we go? >> reporter: what ended up happening was an employee at the emergency management agency hit a wrong button, that sent a text alert out and the way the system is set up, it took 38 minutes, 38 long minutes for the residents here in hawaii to get a correction text. and as a result, weve learned now, rick, that there are going to be state and federal hearings looking into what happened and how they can make sure this never happens again. rick: horri...

[ coughing ] with maximum strength alka seltzer plus liquid gels. brian: all right. the national missile alert system now under review after a false alert on saturday triggers panic in hawaii. steve: apparently the state employee who pressed the wrong button now reassigned, not fired as the fec says there were not enough safeguards in place in the first place as they launch a full investigation. joining us with an update is the chairman of the fec ajit pai joins us from our nations capital. good...

Shifted from talking about can we get a deal by friday on daca to oh, no, were not going to have a deal and what is plan b and can we keep the government open. republican sources are talking about a short term spending agreement to give themselves more time to negotiate. democrats backed the short term agreement. they were afraid if they shut it down over daca, the president will say democrats are trying to shut it down protecting undocumented immigrants. so i think that democrats are not willin...