ball are 1 in 175 . the ticket sold at a gas station. so it often seemed to us, emphasis on seemed, that the winning tickets are sold in gas stations. so we checked it out to see if it is true. and it is. of 22 recent win, ten were sold at gas station, four at supermarkets. one each at a pharmacy, airport and an ice cream shop. it has been 775 days since the u.s. lost its p top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? as we count down to the government shutdown, federal debt will reach 100% of gdp in 25 years. importantly, the cbo says that does not account for the negative effects the growing en federal spending goes to social security, medicare and medicaid up from 23% ten years ago. and now our sixth story. cnn tonight has learned that the same company that conducted the background check for navy yard gunman aaron alexis also vetted edward snowden. stop and consider that for a second. the company is usis and it vetted alexis in 2007 and snowden in 2011. usis is a private government contractor skurnlt crently under investigation. alexis' background including his history of troubled mental health has been a focal point for investigators who have been asking how in the world this person was able to get security clearance. pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is "outfront". these are the kinds of things where you think there is no way this could be true because it's just so -- so shocking almost like a parity, but what can you tell us about usis and this development? >> just a couple days ago, usis said we didn't do his background check. now the company is saying, oh, we did. and it's not surprising because usis conducts about half of all the background checks for the federal government. now, they say they are not allowed to retain any of the records abt that background check. but federal officials have told us that some of aaron alexis' runs ins with the law as well as rious mental health issues occurred after that initial back ground check. aaron alexis told police he was a hallucinating and hearing voices. he once got so mad he shot out the tires on someone's car. alex alexis' family claims he suffered from ptsd. and still he kept his security clearance. >> the political correctness. >> reporter: some lawmakers argue the government has watered down the security clearance screening process for all members of the military. >> want to be politically correct, we don't want to sti a stigmatize anybody. >> reporter: advocates lobbied for an exception. suicide rates were spiking and more troops an vets were seeking mental health care. in 2008, the government said if you sought mental health counseling related to having been in military combat, do you not have to disclose that. alexis was never in combat. but veterans expect his actions to ignite some criticism over the questionnaire. >> i think welle called on to defend the question and the change made in 2008. >> reporter: iraq and afghanistan veterans say tighter standards would make them so scared of losing their clear answers they just wouldn't seek help at all. >> they're concerned about their employment.seek help at all. >> they're concerned about their employment. concerned about their career. >> reporter: in march the government proposed changing the actual question to ask the last sen years have you had a mental health condition that would cause an objective observer to have concern about your judgment, reliability or trust woreliness in relation to your work. >> i think that the proposed changes make things even more vague than they were before. >> reporter: attorney sheldon cohen has come upped peop edcou through the process. he says the change may encourage shall people to self report, but ultimately the screenings are not even designed to predict if y an employee like alexis will one day try to kill his co-workers. >> these are designed to determine if you're the kind of person that can safe guard classified information. >> we're also learning new information about what happened at that navy yard. authorities now believe that aaron alexis came out of the bathroom with the shotgun and methodically but randomly started shooting people on the third and fourth floors not down into the atrium as we first believed. they say there was no pattern to it and at some point he went down to the first floor, shot a security guard and took his handgun. when authorities found him, he was in a room filled with cubicles and they had to clear those cubicles one by one until they got to him. a t at that point, he engaged them and they shot aaron alexis. >> thank you very much. new ally or wolf in sheep's clothing? just tonight, just coming out, the "washington post," an op-ed by the new president of iran, rowhani, offer to ing to broke peace deal between the west and syria. and in what could be the most significant gesture, the new president of iran also tweeted today that he, quote, has not ruled out the possibility of meeting with president obama at the u.n. general assembly next week adding, quote, everything is posble in the world of politics. everything and nothing perhaps. cnn's jim sciutto is "outfront" tonight with the latest. in the "washington post" op-ed that i just referenced, rowhani said he wants to get involved in the talks between the syrian government and the opposition. i'm just curious, we hear about this man, he's a reformer. others say, no, he's a wolf's in sheep's clothing. just saying all these nice things. what do you think? how significant is all this talk? >> well, i've been to iran a number of times. i always thought the term reformer is overused in iran. it's just different shades of hard liners there. this is a regime that is intent on its own survival. that said, there are different approaches. and this is as you said unprecedented outreach. i've spoken to a number of people and they call it the most significant outreach since the 1979 revolution. and because it is quite broad. you have this invitation to the u.s. president to meet at the u.n. ga next would he beek. an outreach to jews after years of his predecessor made lini li jews. and now the offer to broker a peace treaty. potential significant because iran is syria's main backer. it would if affect recognize syrian opposition as legitimate. i can't imagine syria opposition wanting iran to be an unbiased broker. but still taken together, you have a very different approach to the outside world. and u.s. officials that i've spoken to are at least intrigued by this, but they have been down this path before and they want to see action in addition to the words. >> intrigued. and of course i hear from israeli sources and also from arab sources they actually agree many of them. they don't trust what he says. this is a man who previously used a period of peace with the west on the nuclear issue as a time to later brag. that's when he made the most progress. this is coming at a time when there are reports senior military officials in iran said if the u.s. does anything in syria, attack the american embassy in iraq. if other countries said that, the united states might be at war. but better's n they're not in t case. people are talking about talks. >> no question. better they're case. people are talking about talks. >> no question.better they're n case. people are talking about talks. >> no question.etter they're no case. people are talking about talks. >> no question.tter they're not. people are talking about talks. >> no question.er they're not i. people are talking about talks. >> no question.er they're not i. people are talking about talks. people are talking about talks.. >> no question. they're not in . people are talking about talks. >> no question.t they're not in. people are talking about talks. >> no question. terrorism has always been a tool of iran's policy and will likely remain so. we know that based on tracing the sources of some of the more dangerous ieds there. i think when you looat th, though, the one reason why it's credible that iran is reaching out now and wants a different interaction with the west, particularly the u.s., is that these sanctions that it has been suffering under for a number of years are truly crippling the economy. it's very painful. and that leads to questions in this regime about its own survival. and this is what rowhani has said, that he was elected in the most recent presidential election to helplessne lessen s the effects. it skdoesn't have to be they suddenly found god and became warm and fuzzy. itould be that practical issue of survival in light of very severe sanctions whi the people won't tolerate. remember, iran is looking at countries all of its neighbors, these regimes, its old friends are falling due to popular uprisings. and you have to think that they're thinking in the back of their mind that could be up next. >> all right. thank you very much, jim sciu o sciutto. john mccain flablasted puti today. and police find the bodies submerged in cars at the bottom of a nearby lake. we've been showing you those cars getting lifted out of the lake. so why aren't they sure they found the right people? 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>> yeah. >> reporter: john is believed to be one of the victims in the second car. he and two friends were last seen driving a 1950s chevy when they disappeared in 1969. this could be what that car looks like now. his granddaughter says her family used to look out on to this water and wonder. >> we'd always -- maybe grandpa is in the lake, you know, maybe he had an accident. >> you used to say that? >> yeah. even since i've been married and an adult, we would come up here, you know, maybe grandpa's in the lake. maybe that's where he's at. >> reporter: a random thought that may turn out to be oddly prophetic. ed lavendera, cnn, foss lake. >> doctor, here is the thing that sort of shocked me. we can identified king tut, king richard the third was under a parking lot in britain and they were able to identify them and they're saying they can't identify these bodies. how come? >> i think they can identify these bodies. there are things that anthropologists can do to assemble the mixture of bones answer separate them out >> why is it going to take so long when it was so quick, for example, recently with richard iii? >> well, there's no soft tissue, first of all. >> meaning skin? >> skin, no skin, no muscle. the only thing you've got is skeletal remains. and the only way to identify them is through dental records or x-rays if there were fractures, for example, but then you'd have to get those records. other than that, you're down to dna. and the way we do bones is through dna. we have relatives, these are not -- we're not looking to identify these out of the universe of people. we've got it narrowed down to six possible people. so through dna, we should be able to do that. it may take some time. >> interesting. but you're saying it really is that there's often -- >> advanced decomposition. >> left on very, very old skeletons, obviously not in this case because of the water. >> most of the time we're talking about mitochondreal dna. >> we've also been hearing, ed lavandera's been reporting rifles, wallets, purse coming to the surface now which is eerie and bizarre after all this time. but that would be crucial in this particular case, right? >> absolutely. not just the skeletal remains but anything else in and around the car. finding a walt, a shoe. for example, you find the shoe, it's got a certain size and then you can then say, well, perhaps this size nine fits this skeleton. >> and a shoe could last that long in water. >> absolutely. and if you find guns, for example, that would be consistent with the teenagers that were out to go shooting. >> all right. well, thank you very much, sort of just fascinating, a mystery like this in one lake and six people and then there's how it's tied together. >> it's a mystery. thank you. it's time for today's outfront outtake. you know, you know a week ago putin wrote the op ed in the "new york times" where he said america was not exceptional. today john mccain fired back in an op-ed piece on the russian news site saying putin, quote, rules by using weaknesses, corruption, oppression and violence. he rules for himself not for you, talking to the russian people. it's the latest sign that u.s. lawmakers now consider russia and putin a real threat. do you remember a year ago when mitt romney was mocked for saying russia was america's, quote, biggest geopolitical foe? but now more and more u.s. lawmakers agree. here's democratic senator chuck schumer. >> and as long as prime minister putin acts like a bully, we have only one choice to stand up to him and show him that bullies pay a price. >> this is exactly the kind of talk putin wants. the russian president works hard to create a cult of personality where he's strong, powerful and important and op eds like john mccain's and chuck schumer's play into that. the more the rest of the world sees him as relevant and dangerous. if you don't believe it, putin will tell you so himself. because when mitt romney called russia a threat a year ago, putin thanked romney, actually, saying i'm grateful to romney for formulating his stance so clearly. putin wants to be seen as important and u.s. lawmakers might be the greatest promotors. a new poll shows 50% of americans now see russia as an enemy. that is up from just 20% in 2006. still "outfront," eharmony says it can help you fall in love with your job. when you have diabetes like i do, you want a way to help minimize blood sugar spikes. support heart health. and your immune system. now there's new glucerna advance with three benefits in one. 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