This is nbc nightly news with kate snow. Good evening, its been the talk of the weekend. If only for a moment, residents of hawaii were put into a panic by accident. On saturday morning, an Emergency Alert was mistakingly pushed to cell phones and tv sets across the state. It told people a Ballistic Missile was inbound and they should seek shelter. The government now trying to figure out exactly what went wrong. Our jacob sobroff happened to be inside the command center just hours before that false alert was issued. He has our report tonight from honolulu. Reporter it was pandemonium after the alert was sent to phones and broadcast on television. A missile may impact on land or sea within minutes. Reporter shocked tourists and locals worried they were minutes away from nuclear annihilation. The hotel staff came and told my parents, seek shelter, you only have 12 minutes. It was hard to stay calm when you dont know whats happening. Reporter families huddled in the closet during and afte
After his assassination. Early today starts now good to be with you monday morning. Im frances rivera. Im phillip mena. A scare at john f. Kennedy. Delta flight 2164 was near terminal 2 when the pilot reported smoke in the cabin sunday evening. Officials say Port Authority Police Aircraft rescue firefighters were called to investigate, but found no evidence of fire. Still, all passengers were evacuated. No injuries were reported and it is not yet clear what caused the smoke. This morning the fcc is investigating what caused a false alert telling hawaiian residents to seek shelter because of incoming Ballistic Missile. It threw residents and tourists into pay panic and now Congress Wants answers. Nbcs Jacob Soboroff was there. Reporter it was pandemonium in paradise after alert was sent throughout the state and broadcast on television. A missile may impact our land or sea in minutes. Reporter shocked tourist ands locals believed they were minutes away from nuclear annihilation. The hote