Obama and Merkel address the Ukraine crisis and Canada legalizes assisted suicide

Obama and Merkel address the Ukraine crisis and Canada legalizes assisted suicide
Obama and Merkel address the Ukraine crisis and Canada legalizes assisted suicide

Obama and Merkel address the Ukraine crisis and Canada legalizes assisted suicide

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In their press conference today President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel focused their efforts on finding a diplomatic solution to the crisis in the Ukraine. We talk to journalist Julian Hayda about these developments. Also, as the Canadian Supreme Court legalizes assisted suicide, the issue remains a state by state case in the U.S. Professor Craig Klugman gives us a rundown of the ethics behind the debate. Plus a BBC documentary on Le Ly Hayslip. PHOTO: President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel participate in a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)