resulted in a push alert being sent to folks in hawaii, indicating a ballistic missile was headed to the state. that was erroneous. joining me now, author of the book nuclear showdown. i want to ask you about something vern miyagi said. when he saw the alert, it had to be false, because the tensions were not there. we ve seen so many tests back and forth. did you feel similarly when you saw this? that this could not be possibly real? shehe s certainly correct. you have the south and north koreans talking to each other next week. the north koreans are going to the winter olympics next month. so the north koreans were not going to launch a missile anywhere until the paralympics are over. as you watched all of this unfold, i wonder what you thought. we heard from courtney kube, saying, yes, we re hearing from officials in hawaii that that was a mistake. but she said there was the
reporter: that s right, david. i was with vern plea yamiyagi. the frontline officials from the emergency management department in the very room where this false alert was sent from. two big take aways. the governor says they will suspend all further tests of the emergency alert system until further notice. until they re able to do an after-action report. something brian schatz, senator from hawaii said on our air earlier when i had the opportunity to ask him about that. he called for that. and also, vern miyagi, administrator of the agency, effectively made a very large mistake today said immediate change in protocol. two people will be in the room at all times when these tests take place, where the alerts are sent there. on the left of the screen, footage we took from inside the very room where that accident happened today. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
that area is staffed. this is not a drill, we have an incoming ballistic missile to actually go out is a call from pacom. pacific command of the u.s. military supposed to go into that room and then these men and women that staff the room are supposed to send out not only the text alert, the television alert and sirens. one other thing i want to say to you, davids, about supposedly sirens being sounded across the island. we didn t hear sirens on this side of the island. on the waikiki side. there are 394, telling you throughout the day, sirens throughout the state of hawaii. sounds as if a line of questioning to vern miyagi and the governor, the military may have sounded their own sirens. it throwed a terrifying experience on the i lund. seeing changes put into place on the state level. the question will be once congress holds hearings about this, the u.s. military is able
miyagi, administrator of the hawaii emergency agency, retired general talking about a mistake made this morning, their estimation. general me yauch yaiyagi says h this is my team. a several times daily test, apparently. testing out the emergency warning still. a lot of questions there, as you heard, an the sirens that followed that subsequently. and my colleague at msnbc is in honolulu above waikiki beach and had time yesterday to tour the facilities. the room in which this test could have been done. the notification triggered. what did you hear when touring that facility? what folks there at hawaii emergency mct had to say about how this was supposed to happen? vern and others saying a two-click process and somebody clicked yes when he shot have clicked no?
guests within that time frame, 12 minutes, get that initial notification, how would you notify guests? i would have to talk to them specifically, but they told me they assured me. they had a drill in place even when i talked to jerry about not only the employees but all the residents getting down into shelters and what have you. they have an action plan in place. and do you worry about [ inaudible ] this can take potentially? i said we re very, very concerned this even happened but are confident with the dialogue going on it won t happen again. sure, our stakeholders were very, very concerned about that. it s too early to tell any collateral damage. all morning, with global partners, reassuring them, this was a mistake. it won t happen again. that we are open for business. and the senior of tourism authorities, speaking with the governor of hawaii and vern