united states. this was a massive false alarm triggered by frankly somebody pushing the wrong button on the state side. turns out we were actually in that very room just yesterday reporting on a assignment for nbc about what would happen in the event of a nuclear attack on hawaii. i want to show you that footage now, david. take a look. >> this gentleman in the state warning point, state warning officers will receive a call from pacific command on a secure line which i'll show you in a second. that comes in and they have a few, about a minute or two to determine the accuracy of the call. authenticate it and make a decision to activate the state-wide siren system. >> reporter: so the question, david, is, is it one of those state warning officers? might it be one of those state warning officers pointed out to me yesterday within that bunker that might have inadvertently pushed the wrong button triggering a text alert to