law his infrastructure plan, but the heavy lifting of passing his largest social spending bill is right around the corner. plus, in the coming hours the u.s. will open its borders to vaccinated international travelers. we re live at london s gatwick airport. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. and we begin with new fallout from the music festival in houston, texas, that turned deadly. a concert goer that says he was injured at the event has filed a lawsuit against rapper travis scott, entertainment company live nation and the concert promoter. it seeks more than $1 million in damages to be determined by a jury. authorities, meanwhile, have launched a criminal investigation. thousands of fans were pressing towards the stage and we re now learning that scott continued to perform for nearly 40 minutes after the first reports of injuries. after approximately half an hour after authorities declared the concert a mass casualty event.
thanks so much for getting an early start with us. i m laura jarrett. i m christine romans. we have reports from houston, london, delaware and istanbul. we begin overnight with breaking news in the tragic stampede that killed eight people at a concert in texas. the new york times reports the houston police visited rapper travis scott in his trailer before the show to discuss the crowd. a source tells the times the chief told scott he was worried. yeah, that s right. they know each other personally. a criminal investigation is now underway. 50,000 people including scores of young fans were there friday excited for live music again after the event was canceled last year during the pandemic, of course. then within 15 minutes of the rapper starting his set the crowd began to crush towards the front of the stage. once travis scott came out, about 45 minutes before his set is when i knew things were getting a little bit edgier. it was definitely getting pretty tight and i
good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is monday, november 8th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. chaos, confusion, and unanswered questions about the tragedy at the astroworld music festival in houston. the densely-packed crowd surged towards the stage during a performance by travis scott. some were crushed together, trampled on. many begged for help over the loud music, to no avail. an plans was seen trying to get through the crowd. the youngest victim just 14 years old. some 50,000 people were in attendance. one concertgoer said it was basically a death trap. it was definitely chaos. about midway through is when i started to notice some circles forming. people giving cpr erratically. it was a very scary time. . right before i passed out, i tried to turn my head to tell my boyfriend i was going to have him tell my son that i loved him because i didn t think i was going to felt out of there. i m not trying to be dramatic.
50,000 people, including scores of young fans, were there in attendance. and the concert quickly turned into a fight for survival. i ve never been in such chaos. so unorganized. people slamming into me. it was really hell. it was really hell. travis scott was the headliner and organizer of the event. it s not clear what he was able to see from the stage or whether he was aware of the tragedy unfolding before him. the first lawsuit has now been filed by a concertgoer against scott, live nation and others. they claim they failed to properly plan and conduct the concert in a safe manner. thank you so much for being with us to tell us what happened that night. can you tell us what you experienced at the concert? i was trying to go into the middle of the concert. this dude with a north face backpack with a whistle, he kept blowing it and said, dead body, dead body. it was chaotic. you were on top and packed like sardines. i went to the memorial and found out the person i s
to heat your home but the biden administration is still considering shutting down another american pipeline as winter nears. the chaos unfolding at a music festival in houston, after eight people lost their lives in unrieuly crowd. unruly crowd. you re watching fox & friends first on this monday morning, i m carley shimkus. ashley: i m ashley strohmier. democrats are trying to save president biden s agenda. carley: alexandria hoff joins us live from washington amid concerns with major elections across the country. reporter: the house passing the infrastructure bill last friday was a win that the president desperately needed. at the same time, more americans are losing faith. the latest usa today poll shows president biden s approval rating what has hit a new low of 38%. we re trying to bring the economy back and you ve got these other things happening. so the country s in a bad place. it s a real tough time to become president of the united states. reporter: it to