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United states. This was a massive false alarm triggered by frankly somebody pushing the wrong button on the state side. Turns out we were actually in that very room just yesterday reporting on a assignment for nbc about what would happen in the event of a Nuclear Attack on hawaii. I want to show you that footage now, david. Take a look. This gentleman in the state warning point, state warning officers will receive a call from Pacific Command on a secure line which ill show you in a second. That comes in and they have a few, about a minute or two to determine the accuracy of the call. Authentic...

Was false until about 38 minutes after the false alarm. That of course prolonging the emotion and the panic. Hawaiian Officials Say human error caused this false alarm. A worker during a shift change actually pushed the wrong button. The white house saying that this was a statecontrolled exercise, meaning it wasnt run by the federal authorities. Hawaiian congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has confirmed on twitter that a missile was not heading to hawaii and honolulus mayor also tweeting quote the Ballistic Missile warning that was issued is a false alarm. Repeat false alarm but that did little to try...

Officials confirm an employee erroneously sent the warning, disseminated to mobile devices across the state by initially clicking the wrong option during the test, then confirming a subsequent prompt that distributed the mass alert. >> there was a screen that says are you sure you want to do this? that's already in place. now, we had one person, human error, and that was pushed anyway. >> reporter: the employee reportedly didn't realize his mistake until he received the emergency alert on his own device. officials wouldn't say if the employee will be suspended or relieved of his duties, though...

A while to notify everyone. >> reporter: the mistake happened during a routine test during a shift change. officials confirm an employee erroneously sent the warning, disseminated to mobile devices across the state by initially clicking the wrong option during the test, then confirming a subsequent prompt that distributed the mass alert. >> there was a screen that says are you sure you want to do this? that's already in place. now, we had one person, human error, and that was pushed anyway. >> reporter: the employee reportedly didn't realize his mistake until he received the emergency alert on...