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Terrorists are believed to be trapped in the rubble of the collapsed parking garage in the mall. cnns namil bagir has been covering the story from the beginning. this story about women being attacke attackers told by the eyewitnesses what do you know about this? >> reporter: a number of people we spoke to were very categorical they saw women amongst the attackers, this white woman they say appeared to be giving orders and firing is din crimin indiscriminately into the crowd. authorities are circ...

Many didnt want to answer. watch what happens when you finally track down an official diana dooley who runs the agency who was supposed to oversee the program. >> reporter: drew griffin with cnn. >> how are you doing? >> reporter: weve been trying to reach you and talk about the widespread fraud in the drug rehab business. but were told that nobody will talk to us about it. in an uncomfortable moment the secretary at first refused to speak. secretary do you know alex forgetman, a convicted felon...

>> the law states i dont have to. >> reporter: the law shes talking about is the controversial stand your ground law. instead of running she did what she thought was allowed by law. she believed she stood her ground and fired the gun into the wall. nobody was hurt. but it was enough to scare her husband, rico gray, and he left the house with his two young children from a previous relationship. alexander was safe from her husband but not from the law. she was arrested, her stand your ground defen...

Tell you that we are sorry. >> reporter: while legislators grilled douglas on why it took a news report to get the agency to act, the state has confirmed it is, in fact, now acting. >> the system didnt work well, that it was a fractured system, that there was systematic failures within the state. it is true that many of the problems came to light through investigative reporting. >> reporter: 64 criminal cases are being investigated through the states didnt of justice. 174 clinic sites have also ...

Can you name one person, one clinic youve actually shut down? or stopped paying? >> i cant. again, anderson, our focus is on rooting out this fraud in this program. >> i feel thad bad -- i appreciate you being on tonight. i know your boss didnt want to talk. i appreciate you being on. but you have one talking point. and you continue to say it. in fact, the fact that you answer every time by saying again just verifies that youre giving the same answer over and over again. >> as you can see, not a...

California less laters grilled bureaucrats. the california drug program receives millions of dollars of your tax money. they found abuses so bad that some were shut down. cnn for a long time tried to ask the people in charge of the program why they didnt try to stop the fraud. at nearly every turn, they didnt want to answer. they finally tracked down the woman who oversaw the program.

Rooting out this fraud. >> i feel bad that -- i mean i appreciate you being on tonight and i know your boss didnt want to talk and i appreciate you being on, but you only have one talking point and you continue to say it. in fact, you answer every time by saying, again, just verifies that youre giving the same answer over and over again. as you can see, not a lot of answers from that interview. today, the next step. lawmakers demand answers. heres drews report. >> reporter: after weeks and even ...

>> reporter: what if you ran around him? >> the law states i dont have to. >> reporter: the law she talks about is the stand your ground law. she did what she thought was allowed by law. she believe shed stood her ground and fired the gun into the wall. nobody was hurt but it was enough to scare her husband rico gray and he left the house with his two young children from a previous relationship. alexander was safe from her husband but not from the law. she was arrested her "stand your ground" re...

Year that you were -- >> these are open -- no. these are open investigations, anderson. >> can you name one of the felons running the clinics that drew has talked to. can you name one person, one clinic that youve actually shut down or stop -- >> again, the focus is -- again, anderson, our focus is on rooting out this fraud. >> i feel bad that -- i mean i appreciate you being on tonight and i know your boss didnt want to talk and i appreciate you being on, but you only have one talking point and...

To kill me. >> what if you had run around him to get out the door? >> the law states i dont have to. >> reporter: the law shes talking about is the controversial stand your ground law. instead of running she did what she thought was allowed by law. she believed she stood her ground and fired the gun into the wall. nobody was hurt. but it was enough to scare her husband, rico gray, and he left the house with his two young children from a previous relationship. alexander was safe from her husband ...