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And that military command would have the responsibility to notify local and state governments. this happens quickly, within minutes. what we had here, there was no detection of a launch, obviously. and no notification to the government of hawaii that there was such a launch. eric: one guy pushing a button. i mean, they had one test button, one button that was the real button and he pushed the wrong button. so should the state have any responsibility with this at all? why isn't the military, for example -- should it be a military responsibility to warn us versus the state agency. >> it's the mi...

Yesterday, all it does is stop any further issuances of the false alarm. the initial messages went out there. >> so, vern -- vern, i want to ask you, i appreciate you taking sfaublt. it was you who pushed the button. can you explain just in a very clear way what exactly happened. was it one employee who just pushed one button? and that alert went out? how does it even go out? >> well, first of all, he pushed the actual button instead of the test button. >> ah. >> so what happened is that there was a mistake. and that's my team, my organization, so that's on us. what we have done thus far to st...

Foreign relations committee. good to see you tonight. as we have been saying, so shocking. it really is frightening and spread panic and is pretty astounding. is this the best way to warn people about a possible incoming missile? i mean, what pacific command detects, norad and then they have to tell a state agency? >> i grew up in california. we have a similar warning system for earthquakes and the like. at the end of the day, you have to get the message out to the broadest group of people as possible. you want a combination of federal and state alerts. the mistake was made. how do you avoid m...

You sure you want to push that button? >> it's a screen. it's more like a mouse click. it's a screen, a test button and an actual. the wrong button was pushed. >> once that button is pushed, that's it? it goes through? >> there's no sort of redundancy whatsoever? >> the old process was no redundancy. we have implemented changes already to ensure that it becomes a redundant process that so it won't be a single individual, there will be at least two people that would be involved to initiate the alert? >> you mean since this morning, you have implemented that? >> yes, that's correct. >> to clarif...

Officials reveal that one employee pushes one button but they admit pushed the actual button not the test button and then defeated the redundancy on the screen and as a result the panic was spread in hawaii this morning. we have been listening to the governor and emergency management. they have taken responsibility saying they are taking precautions in the wake of this unbelievable mistake, employing that redundancy with two employees, not one. they are taking responsibility, admitting they are angry, disappointed and heartbroken that the false alarm that's raised some questions about the syst...