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Author who has chronicled the mafia in books and films. trump was raised in that environment, it was normal aized to him. what is your take? >> my take is that the president has a very attenuated ear and that he knows how to reach his base. and maybe it is a guy thing, those of us who can recite every single line from godfather 1 and 2. 3 not so much. but i think that he taps into a vein of some support that exists for those that the feds are going after. i think he knows what he is doing in this regard and he is laying a predicate so that he can later say, look, they invested all that time an...

I like this thing. >> megan arceneaux: oh man, this is my baby right here. >> anthony: now what's the appropriate term for a crawfish? just crawfish? crawdad? mud bug? >> megan arceneaux: we don't -- don't say crawdads. down here it's crawfish. >> anthony: all right. no other term is acceptable? >> megan arceneaux: i mean, you can call them little mud bugs if you want, but we like to just call them by what they are, crawfish. >> anthony: okay, so ecrevisse would not be -- >> megan arceneaux: yeah, crevisse, yeah. that's french for crawfish. >> anthony: all right, that'll work too? >> megan arc...

And barbecue. interestingly, and i almost want to dig up john wayne just to tell him this, creoles are widely believed to be the first american cowboys. herding cattle in the plains and bayous of louisiana long before white dudes in ass-less chaps started showing up in the west. in fact, zydeco music was born out of cowboy culture. the rhythm of the washboard mimicking the trot of a horse on the trail. ♪ >> dave lemelle: we don't want to lose our culture we have here because this is a true thing that goes on every weekend. and i think the world needs to see it, you know. yeah, we are creole ...

Any kind of group celebration. anything festive involving dancing fills me with self-conscious dread. thousands of happy drunks crowding into the french quarter for instance, not for me. but cajun mardi gras is another thing entirely. closer to the ancient french tradition. vaguely more dangerous, down right medieval. cajuns do things their way. always have, always will. whether it's hanging onto the french language of their ancestors, their music, traditions, or food, cajuns fiercely keep it all vibrantly alive. boudin is ubiquitous sausage of cajun country. and judging by the lineup at the d...

>> anthony: excited about mardi gras? my first, never been to one. >> toby: here it's a whole different thing. i mean, the major difference is that here, you are the event. >> anthony: mhmm. >> toby: like if you're attending mardi gras, if you're running mardi gras, then you are part of it. >> anthony: right. >> toby: like it's bigger than christmas. >> anthony: toby rodriguez is about as cajun as you get. i met him nearly a decade ago when i came here for a boucherie. back then, toby and everybody else said, "you've got to come back for our mardi gras." >> toby: wanna give me a hand? >> antho...