>> you tell me. >> [ bleep ] you carreyrou is what we chanted.u know, reporting more stories and reporting the fallout. >> were you buying it? >> at the time, yeah. when you're really committed to something you'll do whatever you need to do believe it. >> they really believed that the world, particularly the press, was out to get her. she was very nixon-like in that sense. she had her enemies list. >> reporter: elizabeth went on cnn to make excuses why patient results were off. >> there's a man that was suggesting the lab results from theranos weren't correct and he had a heart 'm not the lab direy and this is as serious as it gets. >> what i know is i put the best people together to investigate every aspect of this. i know they're doing that. >> reporter: but elizabeth's empire began tumbling down in a matter of months. walgreens halted plans to open any new wellness centers, ultimately terminating its contract and suing theranos. the two companies settled for an undisclosed sum with no finding or admission of liability. federal lab inspectors i