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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 didn't try to stop the fraud. at nearly every turn, they didn't 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 didn't 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 you're 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. here's drew's report. >> reporter: after weeks and even months of dodging cnn's questions concerning rampant fraud in california's drug medi-cal system,...
>> reporter: what if you ran around him? >> the law states i don't 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" rejected and found guilty by a jury. her husband rico gray agreed to do an on-camera interview to cou...
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 you've 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 didn't 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 you'r...
To kill me. >> what if you had run around him to get out the door? >> the law states i don't have to. >> reporter: the law she's 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 defense rejected and found guilty by...