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At 0807 is when the trigger is pulled on the test. the wrong button was pushed on this test. it went into an actual event versus a test. at 8:10 a.m., we of course got messages on the system, the telephones and so on and calls that this had gone out and at that point in time, we started the recall or the cancellation process. at 8:13 a.m., a cancellation was issued, a warning message, and what it does is prevent any more messages going out. it doesn't issue a separate message cancelling it. it just stops the messages from going out. at 8:20 a.m., hawaii emergency management agency issued a pub...

Finds out that the us has alert system, i am not quite sure. >> i have a feeling talk shows will be abuzz with this tomorrow. we will see a lot in we may see the president talk about this as well. eliza collins, usa today, thank you. >> thanks! >> when this happened we were all wondering if this could have been some kind of hack or cybersecurity situation. we want to bring in a cybersecurity analyst and senior fellow at the center for digital government who joins us on the phone now. we talked you many times before in the past. usually about your information being private and how not to get ha...

Given some notice of how this investigation goes forward and what the outcome of it is. >> even a redundant system. it sounds amazing, it was a shift change and apparently did push the wrong button, say officials, you think you would have like -- you know, you go on the computer you want to change something, it says are you sure you want to do this? there's no break -- i mean there's no extra step there. >> right, or maybe the button is somewhere where it's isolated from other buttons, something like that. at least there would be some kind of precaution to make sure something like that doesn't...

Get some help. >> people are calling 911. we have been talking to folks there on the island. people got into their bathtubs, put mattresses over them. we have people that we know there. i have a friend from sacramento who now lives in hawaii. his name is jeremy. he said today on social media that he got a call from his mom who said honey, there is a nuclear attack happening in hawaii. i love you. >> wow. >> and that is the type of thing that happened. those are the stories that we will continue to hear. we are just getting into this now. the families that were affected, the fear. >> impactful....

Shelters. >> you bet there will be a lot of discussion actors. false alarms, there will be a lot of discussion about that because there is one angry congresswoman out there who is making a beeline to washington. you can be sure she will be pushing for some action on this so there is more of a pro action and it is really kind of bizarre. just a shift change and in that, one quick moment, someone pushed the wrong button. yet, look at how long it took to warn everyone that this was a false alarm. >> right! it is also important to reiterate that hawaii has just begun testing the assignments for th...