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Long-term commitment to the freedom and democracy and the assistance we can provide ukraine, including, over time, regaining crimea. that would be one of our goals. it is an integral part of that country. >> but it is not a short-term goal at the moment. >> i'd love to tell you otherwise. joining me now, peter amman, germany's ambassador to the u.s., britain's, and france's ambassador to the u.s. we have a power panel here today. john mccain did seem to concede that crimea belongs to russia at the moment if not in legalities but certainly indeed. >> i can't agree with a lot of things john mc...

Company to replace its aging water meters with automatic meter reading devices. all city workers have to do is drive by and electronically collect the data, but it hasn't gone as smoothly as it looks. as early as 2007, problems arose when city auditors found they were unable to verify electronic reads for 13% of the meters that were tested. then in 2009, another audit found a high number of accounts that don't get actual meter readings because of meter read errors, equipment failures or human errors. >> a significant amount of frustration on everybody's part. >> reporter: peter amman is the ch...

>> reporter: peter amman is the chief operating officer for the city of atlanta. >> when the automaticed meters were put in, the subcontractors to the city did an absolutely horrible job in a number of cases. >> baloney. >> reporter: and residents are getting more and more angry. amman tells us 1% of the meters sampled were not properly installed. a mistake that could cause a water bill to double. >> at this point, it looks like just good old fashioned incompetence. >> reporter: amman showed us how the registered amount of water didn't even fit properly with the meter base. >> these two compon...