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>> lessons from the incident that left residents and visitors in the 50th state panicked with fear. plus at least one prominent paper says the president should bare some responsibility for the fallout from the false missile attack. at odds, a new dispute over what president trump said in a newspaper interview about kim jong-un. has he ever spoken to him? do they have a very good relationship? plus the latest from that report donald trump's personal lawyer paid a porn star to buy her silence. all the details ahead. but we begin with the very latest on that false alarm in hawaii. residents...

Instilling fear in hawaii and receives that message. there were many minutes that passed before we got clarity whether or not that message was in fact factual that ballistic missile was headed towards hawaii. it was not. we spoke with the congressman from the second district in hawaii tull city gabbard who she called authorities and said it was not truth. sent out a tweet and trying to follow what it means for preparedness going forward. going to nbc news, the pentagon responsible for monitoring whether or not there would be an incoming ballistic missile. what do we know at this point from you...

Sirens. there were 394 sirens across the state of hawaii that are supposed to sound in the event of a ballistic missile incoming, and the notification sounded from that center. there were no sirens sounded. it was only the text message. so it led to a lot of confusion, particularly on our part. and it was only after those very terrifies 38 minutes that they were able to get the word out again that this indeed was not a ballistic missile incoming. it was a big fat mistake. >> and i wanted to share with our viewers part of your interview with the people at that command center just, you know, bef...

Everybody i hawaii think that there was this incoming ballistic missile. but the governor said that's not all that went wrong. him and his top officials identified a few problems in addition to the fact that the alert went out. it took the government 38 minutes to be able to issue a correction letting everybody know that this was not -- this was a false alarm. there was no missile, you know. the pacific command which the military division that is responsible for the pacific, including hawaii had already let people know this was not a ballistic missile, it was a false alarm. in addition to the ...

Immediately. >> reporter: just after 8:00 a.m. in hawaii, pandemonium in paradise. hysteria triggered by a false alarm. the terrifying message screamed across cell phones throughout the state. ballistic missile threat inbound to hawaii, seek immediate shelter. this is not a drill. >> we've seen people starting to run. >> the hotel staff came and told my parents, seek shelter. you only have 12 minutes. >> um-hum. >> the mistake was part of an early warning system put into place amid rising tensions between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un. less than 24 hours before the false ...