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 to members of the socalled syrian arab coalition. Some 5,000 fighters from various tribes and militias that have been fighting isis for months. The original effort to train thousands in turkey and jordan and send them back into syria fell apart. An update on the number of those trained included the shocking admission by the u. S. General running the war against isis. Its a small number and the ones in the fight is were talking four or five. Reporter about 100 of those fighters remain in fighting but the program is over. One problem, many of the rebels oppose the u. S. Rule that they must promise to fight isis, not assad. The challenge with syria is that the entire program has been hand strong. Its like the u. S. Was trying to train Syrian Rebels with one hand tied behind its back. And theyve had little support. Not allowing u. S. Special Operations Forces to accompany rebels in syria undermine the entire program. Reporter in the new program, rebels will still have to promise to focus on isis but this time the u. S. Thinks it will work because fighters are already in place doing just that. And the more they fight, the more air support and weapons the u. S. Will give them. And all of this, of course, as the russians still in syria still beefing up their presence. Erin . Barbara, thank you very much. Barbara mentioning the russians beefing up their presence. Tonight, there was a major Russian Missile misfire. A number of missiles aimed at syria actually exploded in iran. Russia wont admit it made a mistake but the defense secretary of the u. S. Ashton carter says, not so fast. We did have some indications that that was the case. If so, that would indicate malfunctions of those missiles. In moscow tonight, matthew, that would indicate something had gone wrong. Maybe the technology subpar. Who knows. Why is russia denying the misfire . Reporter well, i mean, the indication is that something went wrong coming from u. S. Officials but from the kremlin side, they are categorically denying that. They are saying, look, we fired 26 of the advanced cruise missiles that we never used before in battle and all of them hit their targets. So they released a very angry statement, rejecting this allegation that some of those missiles went wrong, saying, you know, no matter how unpleasant it is, for our colleagues at the pentagon at langley to accept this, these missiles were good and they hit their targets. So a very angry response to those allegations here in moscow. It sounds, matthew, like its their best, newest, hottest weapon. Even if there was a mistake, they dont want to admit it . I guess its not just a war for russia, its an opportunity to showcase some of the advanced technology. They are big players in the arms market. They probably have subpar weaponry when it comes to the United States but it depends on who is fighting. This is never before seen fire power on the battlefield of syria. Matthew chance, thank you very much. Congressman on the House Intelligence Committee when the Program Armed and trained the Syrian Rebels went into effect. Congressman, its a pleasure to have you here tonight. Good to be here. You were a strong backer of this program. Do you regret it now . Its not that we regret it. We knew about the plan and felt we needed to move forward. We need to be flexible and move forward. We are at war. We have a serious problem in syria. Its the most dangerous place in the world. We have some of our best allies, israel, right on the border. I think we need to be flexible when we see that something isnt working. What happened with that program, it started too late and we didnt have enough people in the program for it to be effective and i give credit to ash carter, secretary of defense, for evaluating that situation, taking advice from our special ops leaderer ship. Ill give you that, when something fails, you want somebody to step up and admit it failed rather than to keep throwing money at it. Thats true. It did go on for quite a while and now you have this. I dont understand, congressman, the Training Program has failed fine. The u. S. Is still now arming some groups in syria. It sounds like were giving people weapons or ammunition at least when we werent even able to train them. How could that possibly let me tell you my point of view. Yeah. I believe very strongly the United States has to be extremely aggressive. We have to support our allies, our syrians fighting for their families and their homes. I believe right now theres a plan to go in the northeast side of syria and put together the sunni tribes along with the kurds who we know are great allies and are able to fight and we need to back them up. We need to say to the world that we are the strongest country in the world with our allies. Were going to give them whatever they need to take the fight to not only assad but, more importantly now, the highest priority is isis. To isis. What i dont understand, they admitted that rebels of the u. S. Had trained and equipped and gave their weapons to an affiliate of al qaeda. Why are we arming anyone . What im saying is the people in syria, the people fighting and, remember, assad has killed 300 million of his people. They care more about assad than they do about isis. And so a lot of the people that are allies are trying to focus on assad and we have to let them know that isis right now congressman, appreciate the time coming on. The United States of america has to show strength and say well back our allies and also look at russia. We have to let putin know hes not going to go in and control what happens in syria. Its too dangerous of a place for our country and our allies. We have to show that we are in leadership and were going to make the decisions to take the war and helping our allies in whatever we need to do to win. Thank you. Congressman, thank you. I want to go straight to cia operative bob baer. You heard the congressman saying, look, ultimately its about russia. The United States has to show its the strongest, best country in the world. You know, russia cannot control whats going on. You heard about russia trying to showcase its most advanced missiles and if they are failing, they dont want to admit it because it makes them look bad. What happens if something bad happens over syria, u. S. Plane collides with a russian plane or something . Well, erin, exactly. What happens if the crew goes down . Can we rescue them in time . We dont have troops on the ground. If we dont deconflict this right away, we could find ourselves in a shooting war with russia. I think everybody in the military ive talked to is afraid of that very thing. We have to sit down with the russians right now and as for arping the opposition, thats doomed from the beginning. We dont understand the opposition or know which groups are in control of which areas. It was a good effort, a good try and the rest of it, i understand the logic of it but it never stood a chance of unseating Bashar Al Assad and certainly didnt understand a chance of dealing with the islamic state. So you talked about a shooting war with russia being something that the military is very concerned about. The london telegraph had an article talking about here is how world war iii could start tomorrow, a cluollision between u. S. And russian jetter fight which seems to be a small thing. Could you see Something Like that, those words, a world war iii . Yeah. Why not . I spent a couple of years with the russian army. Its not exactly its not precise in its targeting. When it hit iran, it hit some of our airplanes or hit jordan or any other number of places, its possible. The problem right now is putin is determined to take control of syria to reinforce this regime in damascus and let it survive and we want to get rid of it so we are posing goals. Ive never seen us this close to a general war or thirdworld war, if youd like, in since 19 maybe 62, the cuban missile crisis. Thank you very much, bob baer. Outfront next, we are learning joe bidens decision could be imminent as potential rivals gather for their first debate. Were live on the ground. Plus, ben carson and donald trump, a new poll tonight. Donald trump getting a ringing endorsement from at least one hispanic voter. I vote for mr. Trump we vote for mr. Trump nothing artificial. Just real roasted turkey. Salt. 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Thank you very much, maeve. Hillary is trying to win over a major group of voters in advance of his announcements. Jeff zeleny has that part of the story. Reporter Hillary Clinton in washington as she prepares for tuesdays president ial debate. Meeting with leaders at the National Council of negro women secretary clinton, how was the meeting . Inside, a quick view of clinton captured by participants on social media. Thank you so much for the meeting. Can you just say hi to everybody . Hi. Youre the social media emperor. Reporter she could be on the cusp of becoming even more competitive. Vice president joe bidens team reached out to the Democratic National committee, officials told cnn. They asked about ballot deadlines and other details only a 2016 candidate would need. Time is running short to qualify for the ballot. The first deadline is october 29th in georgia. Followed by november 9th and november 10th in texas. He will make his decision known as soon as next week. Six weeks after my election, my whole world was altered forever. Reporter the Vice President was furious at this emotional ad by the draft biden movement. The group agreed to pull it saying nobody has more respect for the Vice President and his family than we do. Obviously we will honor his wishes. All eyes are on Bernie Sanders. Tonight in arizona, tomorrow in colorado. Those soaring crowds have been greeting sanders since this summer when we caught up with him in phoenix. Are you this underestimating Bernie Sanders . People have often underestimated me. Im in this race to win. Reporter its Bernie Sanders who will be on the stage next to Hillary Clinton on tuesday. Its one of the first time theyve come facetoface since this rival began. Even if he makes a decision this weekend, erin, his allies say hes unlikely to make any announcements until after the debate but the clock is ticking, particularly with the georgia deadline of october 29th. Thank you, jeff. Lets go straight to michael smerconish, host of smerconish. Biden meeting with his family, his staff checking the ballots due dates. Does it make sense for him to announce before or after the debate . I was thinking, erin, the way he could win the debate is to announce tuesday afternoon because he wouldnt have to participate and he would be the story. Joe biden was the man that wasnt there would be the story. And he would be the center of the debate without being there. Actually, when you say that, its a genius move. He does those sorts of strange things. That might be the smart move. Sure. So the question is, can he beat Hillary Clinton at this point . What he must be evaluating right now is the strength of her ground game which he clearly doesnt have and all of the fundraising that shes been able to do. He needs to decide, can he overcome that deficit . Im sure if he were to announce, there would be a favorability in the polls and then after it sets in that shes really a candidate or hes really a candidate, that tide starts to turn. I think he could give her a competitive raise. Im sure hes waiting to see if theres any hint of further vulnerability on her part. All of this discussion about him, would he run if he didnt think he could win . Run to make a point, run for his legacy, run for whatever he would want to be . Hes run unsuccessfully and now at a high point in his career having served as Vice President for two full terms. So his legacy is in tact. I guess the issue that they are wrestling with in wilmington is whether its worth jeopardizing that. Do you think that would hurt his legacy, though . Isnt that the kind of thing that people would forget . I personally do not. I think if he were to fight and run a respectable campaign, i dont think the legacy suffers. 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