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Destablizing the korean peninsula. so many hot spots in the world today to watch as we welcome you on this friday morning to a brand new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer welcome to you at home. good morning to you, again, martha. we're watching the second launch attempt since kim jong-un took over after his father's death a year ago. the last try failed. here is the head of the u.s. pacific command keeping a watch on this. >> we're approaching once again a potential violation of a u.n. security council resolution and we encourage and the leadership in n...

The growing tension in libya today. we'll have live updates on not only "america this morning" but also later on "good morning america." and now to our other major story, the nuclear crisis in japan. emergency crews are racing to reconnect electricity to the reactor's cooling system to try and head off a meltdown. >> the head of the u.s. pacific command said this morning that he is cautiously optimistic about the progress being made. akiko fujita is joining us from osaka this morning. akiko? >> reporter: good morning to you, rob. well, japanese officials say they do not plan on resuming area...

Congressional hearing on the military's budget congressman hank johnson, democrat in georgia, made it hard for admiral robert willard of the u.s. pacific command to keep a straight face being asked about moving troops from okinawa to the island of guam. >> my fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize. >> we don't anticipate that. >> yeah. that exchange quickly became a youtube sensation on the front page of aol now. it led congressman johnson to issue a statement explaining he was just kidding. here's the statement. i wasn't suggesting that...

Sent. >> we have coverage on this, from president trumps at florida state, we begin with brian who is following the developing story. >> this began at 807 hawaii time. the ballistic missile threat inbound to hawaii, seek immediate shelter, this is not a drill. this was the text message that 1.3 million hawaiian scott this morning. the emergency alert system went out on television and radio. this is what it was like to be in hawaii this morning with the emergency alert system came on while you're watching tv. >> the u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to

World. i'm natalie allen. "newsroom" starts right now. our top story, 38 agonizing minutes, that's how long it took for nearly a million and a half people in hawaii to find out that a terrifying missile alert was, indeed, a false alarm. this is what many woke up to, though, saturday morning. >> the u.s. pacific command detected a missile threat to hawaii. a missile may impact on land or sea within minutes. this is not a drill. if you're indoors -- >> this was the nail biting alert warning of a ballistic missile heading to one of the most beautiful places on earth, all over hawaii people ran ...