North Korea Launches Projectiles; Dayton Killer Had Cocaine in his System
ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: We do have some breaking news. North Korea has launched two more projectiles. This is the latest in a string of provocations. And this comes as Pyongyang rejects talks with South Korea. CNN's David Culver is live in Seoul with more. What do we know, David?</s>DAVID CULVER, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Alisyn, good morning to you. This is the sixth launch in roughly three weeks. Now, North Korea says they're doing this to protest the joint U.S./South Korean military exercises that are currently underway. But I spent the past few days speaking with South Korean defense military experts here in Seoul and they stress this goes far beyond protesting the drills. In fact, they say they have been analyzing these recent launches and they have detected enhanced technological and military capabilities on behalf of the North. In their words, ingenious and creative. That's what they characterize as some of this new technology coming from North Korea. And they suggest these missiles could potentially invade the South Korean and U.S. military defense systems. Now, North Korea says that they are doing all of this as part of a self-defense, if you will. In fact, they use President Trump as part of their justification. Just last week, President Trump downplayed short range missile launches in North Korea. He suggested that they're not a big deal because they're not intercontinental ballistic missiles, they're not nuclear tests. However, his own national security adviser, John Bolton, just yesterday, speaking to Voice of America, he said that these short range missiles still pose a threat, particularly to South Korea, the folks here, to Japan. And both of those are major U.S. allies. Along with tens of thousands of service members and their families who are based in this area. The question here is, how is all of this going to affect the peace talks going forward? One thing we know for sure, John, is that North Korea wants nothing to do going forward with their neighbors right here in the South. In fact, they said they don't want to go forward with the peace talks and dealing with South Korea directly. They only want to focus on dealing with the U.S. So that leaves it in the hands of President Trump and the United States.</s>BERMAN: Thank you so much for that report. Great to have you at CNN. Great to have you on NEW DAY. Look forward to seeing you again soon. Investigators, this morning, are revealing new details about the Dayton killer. The coroner says he had cocaine and other substances in his system. CNN's Ryan Young live in Dayton with the latest on this. Ryan, what are they saying?</s>RYAN YOUNG, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, John, we are learning more information about this. According to the coroner, Connor Betts apparently had Xanax, alcohol, cocaine in his system and cocaine in his pocket. And despite all that, he also had that body armor on, but officers were able to shoot him some 24 times before taking him down. Let's not forget, within 30 seconds he was able to shoot and kill nine people while wounding some 20 others before those officers were able to surround him and take him out. We also learned yesterday, because he went to court, Ethan Kollie, his friend, was denied bond because federal investigators thought it wouldn't be good for him to be out in the public. They thought he had some mental health issues and with the weapons that he had, they were concerned about public safety. All this to be said, there's still the work to figure out exactly what his motive is. They're still going through that phone. John, not a lot of information about the motive, but at least right now we're figuring out about that combination of that cocktail of drugs in his system.</s>BERMAN: All right, Ryan, keep digging. Keep us posted what you learn. Thank you for being there.</s>YOUNG: Absolutely.</s>BERMAN: So just how important is the economy to President Trump's re- election hope? What do the numbers tell us? Harry Enten digs inside. That's next.