To explain the abject failure of the 500 million program. In this case, numbers tell well, 500 million words. The program was supposed to train as many as 5400 rebel fighters this year. Instead, one top general admitted that no more than four or five rebels were trained. Barbara starr is outfront at the pentagon tonight. The numbers are stunning and this is a stunning admission by the administration, that the strategy has failed. What are they going to do now . Well, we have now a very significant change in how the u. S. Will help Syrian Rebels on the ground fight isis Syrian Forces backed up by russia continuing to escalate attacks in western syria as the u. S. Announces a massive overhaul of its efforts to train Syrian Rebels to fight isis. I wasnt satisfied with the early efforts in that regard. Reporter few were. Now, instead of recruiting fighters from the battlefield for training, the u. S. Will provide air strikes and air drop ammunition and communication scare in Northern Syria