they were in reykjavik. i had a letter exchange with george scholz, secretary of state, and he was taking part in the conversation in reykjavik. i met mikhail gorbachev in moscow. looked at the archive and talked to his nuclear advisor. the space head of agency in ussr, talking about weapons types. he was positive there was never a window before, and there was never a window since. compromise, that 22 days, was actually very dramatic. until you the conversations i had, i had access to the actual talks. you had takers from both sides. accurate.are 90% it is extremely dramatic. you have a little room in iceland, and most of the time you had reagan and gorbachev and their interpreters, and half the time you have george scholz, secretary of state and the foreign minister of the soviet union. it becomes extremely dramatic on the last afternoon when gorbachev goes even further from what i just told you. reagan, hete that said reagan, i will allow you to keep doing research and development of the sdi, but in labora

for one thing, reykjavik is one of hull's sister cities. industry they have traded with each otherfor 700 years, sometimes peacefully and sometimes in less friendly circumstances. they were both listed in the world's top ten cities to visit by rough guides in 2016. it is said that the cobblestones in hull's old town were brought from iceland by fishermen. but there are cultural links, too. that's what i'm here for. north atlantic flux, one of the major music festivals of the city of culture programme will celebrate hull's nordic connections. this is its curator, john grant. john grant is an american who has lived in reykjavik for the past five years. in fact, he is such a nordic native that he co—wrote iceland's 2014 entry into the eurovision song contest. i metjohn at this coffee shop, his favourite place in reykjavik, and the setting for his pale green ghost album art. hull is a place that has been on my radarfor a long time. several of the artists i admire have deep connections to hull. so for example cosey fanni tutti, tracy thorn — the

for one thing reykjavik is one of the whole's city —— sister cities.ach other, often friendly and sometimes less friendly. they were both listed in the world's top ten cities to visit in the rough trade in 2016. it is said that the cobblestones and 50 mac's open report from iceland. but there are cultural links, too. north atla ntic there are cultural links, too. north atlantic flux, one of the major music festivals of the city of culture programme which celebrate hull's nordic connections. this is john grande. john grande is an american who has lived and regulate for the past five years. in fact he is such a nordic native that he cold oat iceland's 2014 entry into the eurovision song contest. i metjohn at this copy shop, his favourite place in reykjavik in the setting for his pale green ghost album art. hull is a place that has been on my radar for a long time, several of the artists in matter —— the time i have connections to hull. so there are these the very strong female voices from hull that i have been listening to that influenced by four decades

for angela, and for thousands of other travellers attracted by the proliferation of air links to reykjavikt place to change money?" in iceland, but only a little at a time. the icelandic krona is a minority currency, and the spread — that's the difference between buying and selling rates — is wide, meaning a poor deal for travellers. so sign up for a card with no fees for overseas use, if you don't already have one, and obtain a small amount of icelandic currency when you arrive, but rely on plastic for most of your spending. finally, lynne says she likes to plan well in advance, partly to give her time to save up for her trip, but also something to look forward to, and she asks... "i want to go away this december, ideally after christmas but in time to spend new year's eve in a resort. somewhere hot, with beautiful beaches." a caribbean island, south africa or india would meet those criteria, but prices are already very high. i've just checked flights from london to barbados in the caribbean, and travelling between christmas and new year for a week, the fare is already over £1,500 - that'

meg tirrell went all reykjavik for details. >> reporter: iceland is a land of streets, from waterfallss of geothermal activity. what it is less known for is that it is a world hub of genetic research. she founded to mine the genetic dna here. >> this population happens to be a population where there's a founder fact, which means there's relatively few ancestors which account for a large percentage of the population. >> reporter: because they themselves in icelanders rather than diverse populations. it is not just iceland'd genetics thatting ma it a gold mine for its work. the country has 800 years of genealogy records. director of the gnat will ral archives of iceland with a treasure trophy of records going back centuries. >> a memory o without that we wouldn't know who we are. >> reporter: decode couples that with a huge amount of genetic information to make discoveries. inside this sub zero freezer, about 15 degrees below zero to be exact, are stored half a million blood samples from half the population of iceland, about 160,000 people. it represents the past, present and future of t

michelle miller is in reykjavik. >> reporter: they introduced that bill last week. debate, but already it's received a ground swell of support from both men and women and the nation's prime minister. this 23-year-old is a carpenter's apprentice. she suspects the men in her trade are paid more for doing the same job. >> you don't feel it. when you see the numbers, it's shocking. >> reporter: women in iceland get paid 14% to 20% less than men. but the government here is trying to close the gender gap, with legislation not just demanding equal pay but requiring employers to prove it. >> it's 2017. it's time to man up. >> reporter: iceland's prime minister leads the government backing the bill in parliament. >> having people think about it, have the human resource department set up the pay policy standards, and look at the requirements for each and every job so that gender does not, at the end of the day, become the reason for different pay. >> reporter: it's a murky topic worldwide, especially when race is a factor. in the u.s. in 2015, white women earned 75% of what t

other capital cities, like amsterdam, brussels and reykjavik, are showing working fewer hours can leadle to use their time to do a hobby or to get involved in their local community, or to participate in local democracy, that would mean that we would all have better mental health, they would be better gender equality, because the burden of care wouldn't automatically fallen women. —— fall on women. time for a check on the travel now. starting with the tubes. the overground is part suspended between south tottenham and barking. south west trains are experiencing major disruption at waterloo, with four platforms unavailable due to problems with the track. several long—distance services are terminating before london with others cancelled or delayed. there are extensive road closures around southwark and the city until this evening because of the funeral of pc keith palmer who was killed in the westminster attack. here you can see borough high street, which will be closed from 7:00am. it also means southwark street is closed, and from midday, southwark and london bridges will be closed too.

michelle miller is in the capital city of reykjavik with a look at the struggle.and's parliament introduced that bill last week. it's still up for debate. but already it's received a ground swell of support from both women and men and the nation's prime minister. 23-year-old is a carpenter's apprentice. she suspects the men in her trade are paid more for doing the same job. >> you don't feel it, but when you see the numbers it's shocking. >> reporter: women in iceland get paid 14 to 20% less than men. but the government here is trying to close the gender gap with legislation not just demanding equal pay, but requiring employers to prove it. >> it's 2017. it's time to man up. >> reporter: iceland's prime minister leads the government backing the bill in parliament. >> it's about, you know, having people think about it. have the human resource department set up the pay policy standards and look at the requirements for each job so that gender does not -- at the end of the day become the reason for the different pay. >> reporter: you making wages more transparent? >>

emp, we have the reykjavik hit it part of the distribution.these three parts very clear, i think we have 99%. >> thank you very much. of -- one of argentine's largest energy companies fully integrated as you heard. back to you in new york city. >> thank you erik schatzker. the senate has the votes to confirm neil gorsuch. continues, butty neil gorsuch would be the next the prim court justice. it was all but a formality. the senate needed to have that vote area >> everyone knew this was going to happen yesterday after senate republicans voted to change the rule. the 60 vote threshold. since the senate has been around , they can advance the nomination to a super majority. they are expected to be three democrats. donnelly,n, joe already state democrats in reelection in 2018. this is a historic day and a big win for president trump. he had a troubled start to his presidency. >> chuck schumer is the democratic leader, saying let's not go to cash go any further down this road of partisanship. effectively, is that going to happen? is the filibuster i

and if you remember history, the reykjavik meeting between reagan and gorbachev where we came very close to having a great breakthrough, maybe putting off the table all offensive nuclear weapons. but the latest developments and as the history progresses makes me realize that we are... we don't have that feeling, particularly the younger generation that doesn't remember that part. and i feel it's part of my mission now is to remind those younger generations about the dangers. [explosion] kimball: and this needs to change, and people are looking for ways to change the thinking. today we have a new generation of activists who are pointing out what nuclear weapons can do if they are used. i believe that we don't have to sit here and listen to countries that exercise power through military might. we don't have to listen to them tell us what to do. there's a handful of governments in the world that think that they can dictate to the rest of us how we can operate and what we can do. and wanting to challenge that wherever possible, that's what motivates me. it's the sense of injustice, where you

they are trying to frame the failure last week as a reykjavik moment. they need to find common ground. not only is the bill going to go even lower, they will have known themselves to have lied. >> where are you going to get the other 215 votes? that's the problem. >> forget it. >> it's not even going to pass the house. >> do you want to jump in here on health provisions? >> here's what i'll say. there is two things here. one, the freedom caucus has taken a lot of people from people around the country, specifically in their districts over the last ten days when they heard the real possibility that the white house might have to work with democrats. i think that's one of the things that's braegt them back to the table. i also think this idea we're going to get rid of pre-existing conditions based on freedom caucus members i have spoken to is probably not a reality. they understand they are going to get a better deal and a better bill if they work with the white house. here is the other thing. mike pence going up there and sitting down with these individual

and now i let you discuss this reykjavik summit. [indiscernible] [applause] david: thank you very much for hosting this event this evening with the extraordinary man next to me, the author of a great book, reagan and gorbachev, the summit of 1986. as it happened, i was a reporter. let me start off with a little personal anecdote. in january 1981, president reagan was about be sworn in as president for his first term. i had just left the new york times and come to cbs as a correspondent. i was in washington dc. i was the lowest person on the totem pole. i had just arrived there, but cbs was a pool for that event, which means i have nothing to do the night before. the next day, i followed reagan around all day in case something happened. the night before i went to dinner. richard tietz was a professor, specialist in russian and soviet affairs. he was about to become president reagan's person on the national security council for european and soviet affairs. we had dinner together. he was no fan of the soviet union. he had many terrible