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Correction was actually sent out via the same system that sent out the original message. the original message said this was not a drill, which sent people into panic. i want to bring in our global affairs correspondent elise labo labott. obviously a huge sigh of relief that this warning appears to be some kind of a mistake, that somebody pushed the wrong button on. but the bottom line is, it scared the whole state of hawaii a whole lot. walk us through what we knew before this press conference because it kind of picked up with some of the trailing questions that we had. but there is a lot more...

In other words, you press the button and it says are you sure you want to send this alert out. and you press it again. every system of communication in the military and in homeland security would have that. maybe someone wasn't paying attention or not knew. that is the sfifirst thing. second thing that went out, it has to come back through the same communication channels because the people who received it are the ones who will be following it. >> all right, let me stop you there for a minute because i do want to get to steve moore, he is a man who knows these systems. steve, does the explanati...