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You know, and getting -- and harm ensuing. second thing is we also need assurances that there wasn't some sort of foul play going on and we don't know. so we're super careful in this regard. but i will say that the text, the language in the text, should have never been written. and the last line, right, this is not a drill, is the last line of the attack on pearl harbor, the alert that went out which of course was not a drill, which people from hawaii are well aware of. so that -- so i want to see someone tell us. it's been too long. i mean, at this stage it's ridiculous if it was a mistake. >...

When this false alarm was sent out. he typically travels with a large security presence. there is lis almost always a military aide with him. the white house clearly for years has been prepared for any kind of military action that may take place while the president is traveling. he is typically not far from that security package including the nuclear football with security measures in place, nuclear codes in place should an emergency occur. but simply at this moment we're not getting word from the white house on what the initial response was to this false alarm. they again are referring us to ...

Immediate shelter in a building. remain indoors well away from windows, if you are driving, pull safely to the side of the road and seek shelter in a building or lay on the floor. we will announce when the threat has ended. this is not a drill. take immediate action measures, repeat, the u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat. >> can you imagine hearing this? this is during the florida and ole miss college basketball game. it was on a local tv station in hawaii. it was interrupted by that text and automated message saying a missile could impact within minutes and this not a drill, ...

A journalist from the washington examiner. first of all, what phil just said, it's a state worker, i mean should state workers, with all due respect to them, should they actually have responsibility for something as serious as this? i mean they run the dmv. you are asking someone who has these type of responsibilities to have such a major impact in world affairs? >> well, right, happy weekend. and i think that this probably is a surprise to -- surprise to me actually that we're hearing that state workers have such a responsibility to alert of an incoming missile attack. so i think that's proba...

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...