a very good day to all of you from msnbc world head kwaurters in new york. this hour from houston, texas, where eight young people are dead after a music festival turned deadly. now the police are opening a criminal investigation to figure out just what happened. more new video today showing a crowd of 50,000 people pushing toward the front of the stage during rapper travis scott s performance at the astro world festival which he organized and he is now speaking out. we re actually working right now to identify the families so we can help assist them through this tough time. you know, my fans, my fans like my fans really mean the world to me. and always just really want to leave them with a positive experience. msnbc s katie beck is following this story in houston. katie, what are we learning about the investigation? we know the situation is utterly heart breaking. reporter: it is. there s a lot of mourning going on here in houston today as victim s names are com