p us navigate where thin go from here, i'm joined by gregory johnsen. he has lived in yemen, and visited many times over the past 15 years. he is author of "the lt refuge: yemen, al-qaeda, and america's war in arabia." he was also a member of u.n. security council's panel of experts on yemen. gregory johnsen, thank you very much for being here. >> absolutely. >> schifrin: let's just start with sator chris murphy there at then. did the pressure lead to today's agreement? >> i think they certainly had an impact. the unfortunate truth of whose happening in yemen right now is anr and fighting is much easier than peacethe u.s. senate-- we should be clear. saudi arabia was not in the room. these were only negotiations 20 yemeni government and the hou rebels. but that pressure i think by the senate is toa chnge that. >> schifrin: i talked to some people who agree with you, and say, yes, the government that was in the room today dmake some concessions, in part because of the external pressure. but otr people sa, wait a minute, they were actually interested or w

and i think, unfortunately, in yemen, we're still a longay off from that. >> schifrin: gregory johnsen, thank you very much. >> thanks. >> woodruff: the 2018 m election results lead to an influx of new femile lawmakers to washington, most of them democrats. but in "the year of the woman," two prominent female senators, democrats heidi heitkamp of north dakota and clair mccaskill of missouri, are packing up their washington offices this week and heading back to the midwest after bruising re-election losses last month. in a wide-ranging and revealing coeyersation earlier today, shared their thoughts on washington's dysfunction, working with the president and the future of the democratic party, but i started by asking them if the sting has lessened any, how they'retbandling the k. >> listen, i'm a cmpetitive person and, obviously, it stinks to lose.f and,ourse, i didn't want to lose. but i feegreat about what's around the corner, and i feel t good about time i've spent in the public eye. and iam definitely ready to move on. >> woodruff: what about you senator height camp? >> oh,h ik i'm s