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Into that shelter, people with bandages on their feet, on their legs, on their hands, having essentially had to run from the flames. so, of course, one of the questions front and foremost at that press conference today was about those early warning systems. no questions were taken in the room, but i did put it to the governor in an exclusive interview. take a listen to what he told me. that's it. governor green, thank you for being with us. out of every single person that we've spoken to today, every person that we've met, not one person has said that they heard a siren or received a text mess...

That are potentially not quite so secure is. 175 miles per hour with a peak speed of this particular storm would make it possibly the worst ever to hit puerto rico. the last hurricane like this 1928. we have seen some water on the floor. the siren in the background we think is generate bud a in air pressure. it may also be heralding flash flooding. we got a text message alert with when our phones were still working and aren't now telling us that the flood warning would be in place until 8:30 this morning. so still another couple of hours worth of potential for flash flooding here. it hasn't ha...

>> so initial reports say this happened around 10:50 a.m. you're saying that you went in to lockdown there 25 minutes thereafter around 11:15? >> well, about 11:00. pre sighsly 11:12 that we got the text message alert that we were on lockdown. >> for those students and for those teachers and other admin administrators and workers at chattanooga state community college, what's the feeling? how have you been staying informed? is it through text messages? is it through watching television? >> well, no our police -- we have a police force on campus police and security guard force. they are in cons...

There was no mention of the false alarm and no statement for the people in hawaii. that is something people noticed. brian stelter, cnn senior media correspondent and host of "reliable sources" is with us and so is daniel. thank you both for being here. brian, i want to start with you. do we know as far as i'm aware, we do not know what exactly the president was told when he was briefed on this. >> yeah. because we don't have -- >> might change how he reacts, yes? >> because we don't have the exact details of when the president first heard about this, the text message alert that went out to th...

The door if you can't get away. >> when you talk about the reaction from students we are getting more information from a junior at ohio state who tells nbc she was in a classroom with a hundred other people who reacted calmly when they got the text message alert. the woman describes blocking the door with backpacks, having people stand by the door trying not to freak out, in her words. they were not allowed to leave the building. i want to share information now as well. the president of ohio state speaking with ohio governor john kasich. communications now happening at the highest state levels...