i hiawaii hawahawahawahawahawaha send out that correction message statewide for 38 minutes. >> this should not have happened. >> reporter: the state's governor says this false alarm was a result of human error. >> it was a procedure that occurs at the change of shift where they go through to make sure that the system is working and an employee pushed the wrong button. >> reporter: but tonight many are asking why did it take so long for a correction to go out? >> anything like this happens, the cancellation got to go right away. >> definitely some very big questions right now and stephanie joins us from the pentagon where you've been speaking to military brass all day. stephanie, those warning systems are controlled by federal agencies, but tonight the blame is being blaised squarely on hawaii. >> reporter: absolutely, cecilia. the state's warning system is a fema capability. whoever has the alerting authority, either state or local, can push out those alert