the committee investigating january 6th now targeting six major players in trump s orbit. these men and women were some of the former president s closest allies in the days and weeks leading up to the deadly insurrection and theinclude for national security adviser michael flynn. the architect behind trump s plan to overturn the election, john eastman. former-campaign officials jason miller, bill stepien and bernard kerik who participated in a meeting about overturning the election. this is a who s who of trump s big lie. and trump, no doubt, paying a lot of attention right now because they know a lot. and they said a lot. i mean, they said a lot even that we heard. just listen to eastman speaking to steve bannon on january 2nd. bannon warning of a climactic battle if pence didn t step up and refuse to certify the election results. are we to assume that this is going to be a climactic battle that s going to take place this week about the very question of the constitutionali
reelection campaign. first, campaign manager bill steppian. the committee believes steppian may have been deeply involved in the messaging behind the lie the election was stolen. the so-called stop the steal effort. and john east man, the lawyer who crafted trump s six-point plan for the vice president to overturn the election, then blamed mike pence for the capitol riot. also subpoenaed here, former senior campaign adviser jason miller, the committee is focused on miller s presence on january 5th. so the day before the insurrection, at the willard hotel, the command center to overturn the will of the people. also national security adviser michael flynn who supported military intervention to flip the results of the election. mike flynn was apparently at a december oval office meeting where they talked about using emergency powers, declaring a national emergency, or seizing voting machines. he gave an interview in which even i think talked about martial law. as you point
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. and we begin with new fallout from that musical festival in houston, texas, that turned deadly. a concertgoer who says he was injured at the event has filed a lawsuit against the 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 first injury reports and for approximately half an hour after authorities had declared the concert a mass-casualty event. now, outside the venue, a growing memorial to those who were killed or hurt in the crush. mourners have been laying down flowers, photographs, notes, and candles. cnn s rosa flores picks up the story. it was a death trap, basically. reporter: more witnesses are comin
brand new hour, i m victor blackwell. and i m alisyn camerota. the medical examiner has released the identities of all eight people killed in friday s deadly crowd crush in houston. the oldest victim was just 27 years old. the fbi is now assisting the houston police in a criminal investigation. and we now know the city s police chief spoke with rapper travis scott in the hours just before the tragedy warning about the energy of the crowd. scott just announced that he will pay for all of the funerals. he s also promised to provide free counseling for all affected. authorities and concert goers want to know why he kept performing during the chaos. so the official call of a mass casualty event happened at least 30 minutes before the show ended. witnesses say travis scott did stop several times but then continued. in this clip on social media, two people there at the concert are seen screaming at the staff to stop the show. watch. let s do it. stop the show. stop the sh
i want to get to cnn s rosa flores who was in houston for us with the latest. rosa, what else are we learning? reporter: well, the latest on the investigation is that police say that they were planning to scour through video looking for evidence of criminal wrongdoing. as you said, this is a crowd stampede/crowd compression incident that has turned into a criminal investigation. this after a security officer reported that he felt a prick on his neck. he went unconscious, he was treated with narcan and then revived. now investigators are interviewing witnesses to get to the bottom of it. it was a death trap, basically. reporter: more witnesses are coming forward to share their experiences at houston s astroworld friday night, where eight people died and hundreds more were injured. i picked some kids up and the eyes rolled to the back of his head. so i checked his pulse and i knew he was dead. and i checked people around me. i decided to leave him there, there was nothi