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WATCH LIVE: Hawaii authorities hold a press conference following Saturday's false ballistic missile alarm cbsn.ws/2FvxMXU
"I know firsthand that what happened today was totally unacceptable," Hawaiian Gov. David Ige says. "And I'm sorry for that pain and confusion that anyone might have experienced." cbsn.ws/2FvxMXU
Vern Miyagi, head of Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency: "We spent the last few months trying to get ahead of this threat so we can provide as much notification and preparation time to the public. Today was something that I regret because I accept responsibility for this."
Vern Miyagi outlines timeline of messaging mistake during shift change at Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency: "The wrong button was pushed on this test. It went into an actual event versus a test." cbsn.ws/2FvxMXU
Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency administrator outlines some of the changes in wake of false alarm: "The governor has directed that we hold off any more tests until we get this squared away." cbsn.ws/2FvxMXU
Hawaii Gov. David Ige on notifying public it was a false alarm: "There was no automated way to send a false alarm cancellation we had to initiate a manual process. And that was why it took a while to notify everyone." cbsn.ws/2FvxMXU
"It's a screen. It's more like a mouse click. It's a screen -- a test button, and an actual. The wrong button was pushed," Hawaii EMA head Vern Miyagi says of alert system cbsn.ws/2FvxMXU
"No one had authorized the use of the siren," Hawaiian Gov. David Ige says, adding that they "will find out" why sirens went off across the state cbsn.ws/2FvxMXU
"The people that went through this will definitely not do this again," Hawaii's EMA administrator says, adding that there will be training so "that this doesn't happen" cbsn.ws/2FvxMXU
Hawaii's EMA administrator details what the public should do when faced with a real attack: "I regret what happened this morning. But it brings this awareness up to speed again of what to expect, and what to do." cbsn.ws/2Ddqh9L
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