JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: New this morning, the U.S. is suspending their program, the Pentagon is suspending its program to arm Syrian rebels and will look for other ways to battle</s>ISIS. KATE BOLDUAN, CNN ANCHOR: Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the United States will now provide equipment and weapons to a group of vetted Syrian rebel leaders to try to help them reclaim some territory controlled by ISIS. Now, coalition air strikes on ISIS strongholds will continue. The Pentagon, you probably might remember, had originally allocated through Congress $500 million to train these vetted Syrian rebels. In July, the defense secretary really shocked everyone when he said in testimony that only 60 rebels had been qualified and vetted for training.</s>BERMAN: It's important to note here, this is the Pentagon operation, which is separate than the CIA, the covert CIA operation, which was arming and training some anti-Assad groups, which were going on before, during, and will continue after the Pentagon operation.</s>BOLDUAN: This is a separate program, absolutely. Coming up for us, Bill Cosby has remained silent for months but today he'll be forced to testify under oath about one of his alleged sexual encounters -- assaults. All of this as one of his former cast members is coming out to defend him.</s>BERMAN: Donald Trump says Hispanics love him. She says she loves him. This is a moment you will not want to miss.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We want Donald Trump!
U.S. Pentagon Suspends Program Arming Syrian Rebels