i am susan hendrix in for randi kaye. >> and i am joe johns.five stories we are watching this morning. rapper, lil wayne is recovering after having a seizure. his record label and publicist fought back reports saying he was in a medically induced coma and near death. he tweeted last night saying i am good, everybody, thanks for the prayers and love. his friend came to visit in l.a. and set up a vigil outside his hospital room. >>> two people are dead after trying to rescue a 6-year-old boy from a water fall. the boy fell in the big sioux river yesterday. his big sister and a man jumped in after him. the boy survived and the crews found his sister's body and are now looking for the man's body. >>> pope francis met with the media for the first time in vatican city. he said he picked the name francis because he was a man of poverty and peace and he said he wants a poor church for the poor. we learn this morning that francis will meet with benedict xvi for the first time since the election on saturday. >>> mitt romney offered advice for conservativ

i am susan hendrix in for randi kaye. >> and i am joe johns. >>> we have seen reports this morning that the north test fired a pair of short-range missiles into the east sea. it's a direct threat to south korea. >> but here in the u.s. the pentagon is more concerned with what north korea can do with its long-range missiles and that led chuck hagel to talk about missile defense along the west coast. and joining me now is cnn contributor general james morse. how are you doing? >> doing good. how are you? >> first question for the audience, how real is the threat of long-range korean missile strikes on the u.s. west coast? >> joe, the answer -- the short answer is its real. the issue is it still needs to be more fully developed. the challenge that we have in the united states and certainly our intelligence communities' biggest challenge is to make sure that we are not surprised by the development taking place in north korea. we have a vigilant look in north korea, and the problem is we are not there and we have to figure it out based on observations and as you know north korea is extremely