i just said, "attica!" boom! attica! attica! attica!ing you knew, the crowd just came alive. attica! remember attica. and this whole scene evolved from this very brilliant assistant director-- just threw it at me. >> couric: you pay such attention to detail, sort of, every minute detail. >> pacino: sometimes. sometimes, i don't, and i... >> couric: really? >> pacino: ...and i always pay a price for that. >> couric: when don't you? >> pacino: when i'm not that interested in what i'm doing. >> couric: what role did you feel you didn't pay enough attention? >> pacino: well, there might have been a couple. you see them on television, occasionally. i go, "whoa, what was that? what was i thinking there?" >> couric: pacino says he's never felt comfortable with fame and had trouble dealing with his rise from obscurity to stardom. you started drinking in the '70s. >> pacino: the '70s? mm-mm. >> couric: sorry. the '50s? >> pacino: hmm, now we're talking. >> couric: you had some dark days there, didn't you? >> pacino: i was drinking. that was part

i know there is some attica's that offers are not supposed to talk about their reviewers but i do want to thank lindsay because she wrote three reviews of my book and they were not only positive, but they were reviews that really understood what i was trying to do with the book. i got other positive reviews about what i wanted to do and that was really meaningful and i am deeply appreciative. and my editor at gray wolf, happens to have three books that he edited for nominations tonight which seems kind of incredible. the only other thing i will say is when i was writing this book about race which was really scary to write i kept comforting myself by thinking no one will ever noticed this book. no one will ever noticed this book. it will be published by small press and no one will ever read it. you took away my comfort. but thanks. [applause] >> i am kevin, co-chair of the craig morgan and i am announcing the finalists. national book critics circle award and poetry. ray armonktrout for burst from wesleyan university press. louise blake for a village life. mr. powell for product from gra

under soviet domination, there were those who fought -- who worked to tell the story of what happened attica tin. joining with my colleagues in the congress, i fought for many years to release the information about that horrific massacre, even contacting president gorbachev to be part of his glass motive and -- glasnost and perestroika to release all the information. finally in 1990, they began to do it now. but it was only now, last wednesday, one week ago in the site where the massacre occurred, the prime minister of poland, mr. tusk with mr. putin met in that forest where putin issued a former apology to the polish people and said all information and archives would be open. we were so filled with joy. it was a time of great reconciliation. and that's what saturday was about. it was the continuation of a great and grand reconciliation between these nations. with president kaczynski traveling to bring the leadership there, and the leadership were people who had been trailblazers. mr. kaczynski himself had been a member of solidarity, his wife solidly at his side. and now as he was president

and on that note, when we look back attica trina, out of all the agencys that operated during katrina, there's absolutely no question that the united states coast guard was that agency that went far beyond the call of duty rescuing some 35,000-plus lives. many of these people would have perished were it not for the bravery and courage of the united states coast guard. and, again, in this resolution while we are addressing coast guard group astoria, i think it is also -- says to the other members of the coast guard that we are a grateful congress and that we appreciate everything that they do every day, to put their lives on the loin so that they can continue to be our thin blue line at sea. and with that, madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1062 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to -- mr. cummings: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman