he had felt that gorbachev, in his meetings in geneva and then in reykjavik, which everybody reported at the time was not successful and it turned out to be pivotal, that there was an opportunity for a significant nuclear arms reduction with gorbachev. but his political standing at home was very low, the lowest of his presidency, and it started coming back. three months later was the berlin wall speech where people started recognizing, my god, the united states is back, and the president is going to be that forceful and that direct with the leader of the then soviet union. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. mr. gorbachev, open the gate. it didn't receive great coverage in america, but i think the american people understood that their forceful, direct president was about to have a major breakthrough. >> and it did have a tremendous impact certainly in the long run. in the immediate aftermath of it, what was the reaction in germany and the united states? >> most of the reaction was that we were a little bit too belligerent, that we had maybe taken some steps to undermine gorbachev and

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i was in a fjord near reykjavik, iceland. >> what did you think of the pardon? >> it's a tough one. i don't think i would have done it, but i didn't have the stereoscopic view of the harm to the country. you know, i mean, this experience med a real prosecutor. and i -- i've had prosecutive instincts for a long time. maybe they weren't honed in 1974, but i think even then i would have done it. >> what did it this experience teach you about the wheels of our government? >> the wheels may grind slowly, but they grind pretty well. there's a lot of force in the law, and it made the president do a lot of things that he didn't want to do, and the whole procedure involved a lot of things that a lot of people didn't want to have done. but, i mean, there's three countries in the world i associate with the capacity for self examination. one is israel, one is the united kingdom, and the third and perhaps the greatest is the united states. >> did you stay in touch, besides the 1999 story, did you stay in touch with hillary rodham after? >> oh, yeah. no. i've known her pretty continuously. there

they went to reykjavik, iceland, which is where magnus took a leap into legend when he was matched againstry kasparov, the russian considered by many to be the greatest ever. and how did magnus prepare? by reading up. kasparov kept the 13-year-old kid waiting for half an hour, and when he did arrive, he didn't even say hello. it was speed chess, the formula- one of the sport, a race against the clock. kasparov started slow. magnus started getting bored. >> carlsen: i sat there for a few seconds, and then i thought to myself, "you know what? i don't know why he's thinking. but i know what my response is going to be, anyway. so i'll just walk off and watch the other games." kasparov had never played anyone so young. but he did not exude confidence or happiness, and he did not win. magnus played him to a draw. it was a sensation. kasparov left quickly. no "nice game, kid", nothing. how did magnus react? guess. he thought he had blown it. >> carlsen: when i actually got to winning position, i... i had little time, i was nervous, and i couldn't finish him off. >> simon: why were you nervous? >>

two weeks ago they were seen strolling hand in hand in reykjavik iceland, where he's shooting a movieer than the $35 million estate of tom cruise, katie holmes. who gets it in the divorce? is that what you're thinking. >> reporter: the a divorce, no laughing matter. the hardest question, custody of suri. holmes filed in new york. cruise reportedly will cross file in los angeles, the couple's primary home. >> custody issues will be very favorable to him here. california has a presumption of sole custody. it's been reported she's asking for sole custody. >> reporter: apparently not the hollywood ending cruise scripted. cruise turns 53, holmes 33. he insists the home is in los angeles, holmes moved into a new manhattan apartment just she and suri. by the way, holmes reportedly helped with the decision by her father, who is also a divorce lawyer. >> mike taibbi in los angeles, thanks so much. j.d., good morning. we heard tom cruise was apparently blind-sided by this. >> yes. >> for somebody who has a career so carefully orchestrated seems hard to believe he was blind-sided. there are repo