for more on all this, we turn now to our chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret warner. margaret, what was behind saudi arabia's decision to suspend whatever it is they were doing, their military action? >> warner: gwen u.s. officials believe it was a cost-benefit analysis by the saudis that in fact the costs were outbuying the benefits. that is, this has been going on a month. they've been heavily criticized internationally for a lot of civilian deaths. they have not achieved two they have not achieved two of their three main objectives-- was to roll the houthis back north. that did not work upon and to restore the president to power when they have not been able to do. and that was going to require a ground campaign when they don't have the assets to do despite what they spend on military hardware, and no one was willing to help them, including the pakistanis. secondly, and importantly, the u.s. was pressing them hard. the u.s. was concerned about the civilian casualties. the u.s. intelligence viewfs they had an objective but they neverreally had a plan. they never thoug

margaret warner. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> woodruff: now, we travel to the island of maui, where multi- building schools are designed to withstand natural forces, but protecting against intruders is a challenge. student television network correspondent sydney dempsey looks at how one architect is reimagining spaces that balance security with a healthy learning environment. it's part of our ongoing student reporting labs series called "the new safe," in which student journalists investigate how school communities are adjusting to new concepts of safety in the classroom. >> well, when i first came here i thought it was really big. i even had to use a map to try to find my way around and i think i'm still using it today just to check and know where i'm going. >> reporter: mikaylee chalmers a maui high sophomore, has had her fair share of campuses, but after seven schools and five states, something about hawaii still stands out. >> it's nice to be outdoors and get some fresh air. >> hawaii is a unique

. >> woodruff: now let's turn to margaret warner and our political reporter lisa desjardins. both been watching this all day long. before that margaret what happened here? i asked senator flake that but he went from 48 hours ago the president was saying i'm going to vie to this to everybody saying, we're all on board. >> it became apparent to the white house that even many democrats who support the diplomatic track saw this was a conditional prerogative. they imposed sanctions. they needed to have a role. so the white house was trying to push this watered-down verdicts saying after we get a deal you get to look at it and your viewing can be known. that would be meaningless because the president could waive those presidential sanctions. this bill forbids him from doing that. his hand is stayed for 30 days. faced with the possibility you could have waves of defection, that would have left secretary kerry in a weaker position dealing with the iranian and they feel senator corker is someone they can do business. with you saw him very effectively corral all of these members includ

tufankjian sat down with newshour's chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret warner in our new york studio, to talk about the project. >> warner: thanks for joining us. >> so when i was a kid growingup in mass, i spent weekends with my grandparents, who are in the book, there's my beautiful grandmother and my grandfather who has a dog and a goat, as one does. >> warner: from 1948 >> exactly. i spent weekends with my armenian grandparents, and we would go from house to house visiting their friends, drinking some armenian coffee or some tea and i would be bored because it was older people conversation and i would go through the armenian magazines and newspapers that were inevitably on the coffee table and i was always searching, i would search for kind of glimpses of myself in argentinian soccer player or a perisian school girl and i was always looking for, you know, the answer to this question what do i have in common with these kids? do i have anything in common with them? is there any connection between our people or have the differing paths taken by our refugee grandparents and gr

margaret warner recently talked with lemmon at busboys and poets, a bookstore in the washington area.porter: gayle gayle lemmon welcome. explain the theory behind creating the all-female teams that went out on some of the riskiest missions in the afghan war. >> they were the cultural support teams created to fail security breach which is that american soldiers could not go into quarters that were handled by women. so to have a sense of what was happening in the women's rooms and among women and children you needed female soldiers. so in 2010, the admiral head of special operations command had this idea. admiral mccraven of special command said we need the female out there and the other special operations team and in 2011 female recruiter said females be part of history on the battlefield. >> reporter: the women knew a lot if anyone would talk to them. >> that's right. basically half of the population was out of reach and you needed female soldiers to have access to that half of the population. general mcchrystal and others would talk about not wanting to cause offense by having their

as chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret warner reports, the blitz comes as some of the pointsm deal with issues that haven't been resolved. >> warner: the president's top nuclear expert came to the white house podium today, to make the case for the framework deal. >> the access and transparency is unprecedented. >> warner: energy secretary ernest moniz called it a forever agreement, with impact on iran's program extending beyond the first 10 most restrictive years. he also played down criticism by iran's foreign minister javad zarif, that a u.s. fact sheet misstates what the agreement actually says. >> we all recognize that, and we emphasize very strongly, we have to talk about the same agreement. we understand emphases may be different. so it's not so much inconsistent as it i would say is emphasizing only certain parts of the agreement. >> warner: the u.s. fact sheet says iran's uranium enrichment would be severely curtailed for 15 years, and the iranian program would be subjected to intensive inspections. in exchange, and only after iran's verified compliance, would crippli

warner cable. together is better for more people. >>> welcome back. that was me with my children harrison and margarethington nationals playoff game last october. that 18th inning bummer. baseball is back and i sat down with rob man ford in just about the coolest place possible even if you're not a yankee fan. i started by asking them about a sport that's thriving on the local level but is increasing as a struggle. let's talk about the challenges that you face. we have talking about the tv ratings and the giants was a world series. it had a rating that was -- that the worst nfl game during the week would have had a higher rating than the average rating in a world series game what do you do about this? >> well, your're talking of an issue for all. the good news is that in 11 of the markets last year and in the course of is summer baseball was the rated one program. the challenge for us is to make sure that as we move into our post season we don't lose that huge local fan base just because a particular team. >> there's no doubt the local fans are all into the team. when they're out, they tune out. >> on