FEMA to send its first 'Presidential Alert' in emergency messaging system test

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will next month test a new "presidential alert" system that will allow the president to send a message to every phone in the US. The alert is the first nationwide test of the presidential alert test, FEMA said in an advisory, which allows the president to address the nation in the event of a national emergency. Using the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system, anyone with cell service should receive the message to their phone.