and on yourn rouge screen now is the attorney general of the state of louisiana, jeff landry. ndry, what does the state attorney general do? guest: the state attorney general is the chief legal officer of the state. in most states, the attorney general plays that particular role. over the last couple of decades, you have seen the role of the moreney general become and more important as the federal government has encroached more and more on the state's ability to govern itself. you see the attorney general's push back on those particular federalism issues. that is what we do here in the state of louisiana. we are the chief legal officer of the state. andave a civil organization criminal organization and louisiana. host: what are the issues that your office is working? guest: again we have both a civil and a criminal division. on the criminal side, one of the biggest sections we have is a medicaid fraud unit that works to help root out corruption for abuse in the medicaid system here in louisiana. we justivil side, created a federalism department. we have a solicitor general now