U.S. and Europeans unite to persuade Russia to back down ahead of Ukraine elections

Watch Video | Listen to the Audio JUDY WOODRUFF: President Obama and Germany’s chancellor Merkel met at the White House today, where the Ukraine crisis took center stage after Russia declared the recent Geneva agreement brokered with the West to defuse tensions was dead. Jeffrey Brown reports. RELATED LINKS What can history teach us about the unrest in Ukraine U.S. cautious about diplomatic deal