assad and isis about the lack of substantive u.s. support. so 50 u.s. special forces, in their view, is that going to make a difference on the ground there? reporter: certainly even kebabk qabani fighting. they won t help the kurds. the u.s. pains to point out they re going to help something called the syrian arab coalition. by far from a major force inside syria. worked alongside the kurds particularly in qabani as well. been basically focused on trying to push down towards raqqah, the isis stronghold, but that offensive is very far off. they simply don t have the numbers or fire power to try and even achieve that. presumably these advisers, 50, albeit a small number, may try and bring weapons, air power to a sifrt, get traction. at the end of the day you re looking for a bid to rejuvenate what failed earlier. the new syrian forces. a trained equipped program only
get traction. it was the media that helped. he gave me data that helped. other people gave us data. your helicopter flight that you took me on was unbelievably useful to us. it was frustrating we knew the corps of engineers was lying. and they had a very powerful public opinion machine. we had to do something. they came after you. came after your employment. they did. they did. and the most important thing was to get the truth out. we were, we felt we were the only ones in the beginning who were on site. had the data. and, and we, from louisiana. this is our city. mark, not just the levee system. coastal erosion here. it is such, not aster that sto easy to show on television. louisiana is losing. 17 square miles of land every single year. right. right. at least that.