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That crossed the border from mexico. some are from europe and the middle east. this is just the kind of story the white house likes. officials hopes it helps silence critics to say this president has lost control of the border situation. megyn: a new controversy brewing over a plan by the implet s. navy -- over a plan by the u.s. navy to by helicopters from russia. sikorski is protesting this plan. it wants to compete for that contract. jamie, what is the problem here? >> reporter: it's not cheer at the defense department or navy if they knew when they put out the bid for the specific helicopt...

A helicopter they feel is comparable to one that is produced by' state corporation in russia. but, the navy when it decided it needed a number of these helicopters put out a specific bid for a specific model. the mr-17. look, here are the two helicopters, side by side. what happened then was, because the proposal was so specific, asking forbids, for an mi-17, the only company that could put in a bid, was the russian company, kazan, which is one that made helicopters for a long time in the 1980s and these were used in afghanistan and it is one that the navy feels is familiar to afghans, on the ...

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She fears will be used against the syrian civilians. >> we are concerned about the latest information we have that there are attack helicopters on the way from russia to syria. which will escalate the conflict quite dramatically. >> the helicopters referred to by secretary clinton are russian made mi-17 helicopters. the same type of helicopter that the u.s. military is buying for the afghan air force from the same state run russian arms dealer. the u.s. army has a $375 million no-bid contract to buy 21 of those helicopters. recent amateur video from near the city of homs shows the syrian army ...