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
I just wanted to make better human beings. Thats it. This is the cbs weekend news. Good evening, i am elaine quijano. The false alarm that shook the 50th state is being called an unacceptable mistake, the volcanic island of hawaii erupted into panic after the warning of an incoming Ballistic Missile a congresswoman from hawaii is warning, errors like this can bring nations to the brink of war. David begnaud is in honolulu. Reporter 24 hours after the panic in paradise, federal Communications Officials say hawaii did not have the reasonable processes and safeguards in place to prevent a false alarm warning that a missile was headed for the islands. People ran for their lives saturday as the text alert lit up cellphones. The warning read, about Ballistic Missile threat inbound to hawaii, seek immediate shelter, this is not a drill. Panicked people looked to Police Officers for answers. We are getting flagged down by a lot of people for that asking where the nearest shelter is. Reporter t
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