Obama Admin Says Airstrikes Aren’t Focused on Stopping ISIS from Gaining Ground

BURNETT: "We got 270 airstrikes in Iraq, 116 in Syria - that's a lot of airstrikes. I mean, it's a lot of money."

SCIUTTO: "Yes. $620 million - that's just for ammunition, not of course the airplanes and getting people over there etc. But let's look at the map then what those strikes have accomplished.

Here is Iraq before the campaign started. 60 days ago ISIS at the time controlled 13 cities. So, here is Iraq 60 days later. ISIS is now in control 14 cities and towns. One that they have taken on is the town of Hit, which is just to the west of Baghdad. Ramadi, a key town between Baghdad and Fallujah - that's now being contested between Iraqi and ISIS forces.

Let's look at Syria. In Syria, you don't really need, Erin, before and after photo because in Syria, 15 days ago ISIS controlled 10 cities. Today it controls 10 cities. And now Kobani looking like it may fall to ISIS. That's a real problem over time.

Now what administration officials will say is they can still accomplish their goal of degrading ISIS in Syria without gaining back these towns by -- in fact keeping ISIS on the run, making it have to hide, move in smaller groups, destroying some of its infrastructure, its weapons etc.

But in terms of measuring success in territorial terms, it's frankly hard to see it."