the federal office of personnel management. the navy says it also did its own background check on alexis in 2007 and there were no red flags. the the incident with the police. i mean it happened six years ago, is that the only time the shooter has gotten a background check to our knowledge? anderson, not by a long shot. a source familiar with the situation told me today that alexis got a background check in mid september of 2012. the background check at that time was done by another well-known provider of background checks. the navy also did its own security clearance, as well. alexis went to work in japan as a subcontractor with a company called the experts and left the job around the end of last year. and then this year, the source says he went back to the experts in july and had to go through the same process again. so from what we can tell, this guy was vetted by the government and private contractors at least six times in the last six years. that s a big deal.
let s go outfront. and good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the united states in crisis. the countdown is on. 11 days until the government shuts down. so what does it mean for america? very serious consequences for the financial markets and for the economy. apocalypse every three months. bleeding over into the consumer sector. it s going to do great harm to the american people. hundreds of thousands of federal workers will be sent home without pay. this is among the most fiscally reckless and dangerous things you could do. democrat, republican, market expert, man in charge of the american economy. washington is failing begin. and this time some republicans say they have a plan to keep funding the government. but only if they take funding for obamacare out of it. now, as we ve said before, that is a nonstarter. and whether you love or loathe obamacare, that is not the point. it s a guarantee of a shutdown. and while there s plenty of wast
0 surely hope just a dream good evening, everyone. we begin with breaking news. the answer, an awkward one to the question who did the background check on the d.c. navy yard killer? the guy you ll recall with a history of gun violence. turns out it was the same outfit that handled nsa leaker edward snowden, the company that did the vetting is itself a contractor, a company called usis. joe johns is with us with late details. joe, what do we know about this? anderson, the same company that conducted background check on edward snowden also did a background check on navy yard shooter aaron alexis in 2007. the company s called usis, based in virginia, one of the largest providers of background checks for the federal government. usis did the check on alexis for the federal office of personnel management. the navy says it also did its own background check on alexis in 2007 and there were no red flags. the the incident with the police. i mean it happened six years ago, is that t
in one of those scandinavian murder mysteries. officials say two muddy cars were pulled from the bottom of a lake in western oklahoma. and they contain the remains of six bodies. investigators say one car may belong to a teenager who disappeared with friends in 1970. and the other car could be linked to a case before those teens went missing. authorities are on the scene in foss lake, oklahoma trying to gather additional evidence, trying to figure out if this is related. ed lauvendera has the story. reporter: these cars have spent more than 40 years submerged at the bottom of foss lake in western oklahoma. investigators can peel apart the metal and hardware with their bare hands as they look for clues. two corroded rifles, a muddyed wallet and pursing and the remains of six people, three in each car. it s one fluke discovery that might have solved two long-forgotten mysteries in 1970, three teenagers in a 1969 camaro disappeared.
to some oklahoma families. oklahoma highway patrol divers were testing some new sonar equipment when they found two rusted-out cars at the bottom of a lake, and then they made an even more startling discovery. there were bones inside those vehicles. now people who live near foss lake are hoping for answers to questions they have had for decades. cnn s ed lavandera has more. reporter: carol, in this part of western oklahoma, there were two missing person cases involving six different people that went cold more than 40 years ago. no one would have imagined that the answers to those mysteries could very well have been hidden in the lake you see behind me. these cars have spent more than 40 years submerged at the bottom of foss lake in western oklahoma. investigators can peel apart the metal and hardware with their bare hands as they look for clues. two corroded rifles, a muddied wallet and three in each car. it s one fluke discovery that