from america's news headquarters i'm he marianne rafferty.olics descending on rome ahead of pope john paul ii beatification. jennifer davis is live in rome with the latest. what can we expect to see as the morning wears on? >> hi there. well, the day has dawned here in rome and thousands and thousands of the faithful are flocking into st. peter's square as we speak. this is beatification day and that means that pope john paul ii is getten one step closer to being declared a saint. it has taken a short time as far as catholics are concerned to to get to this point. they say a miracle happened when a french nun was cured of parkinson's disease. that, of course, is the same condition that the former pope suffered from. the thing is that nun did address the crowd here at a vigil last night. the big thing today to look for at ceremony and mass in three hours is that pope benedict xvi will declare the former pontiff blessed. that will be the term used in front of his name going forward. that will be the last step before cannonnization. analysts exp

i'm marianne rafferty. now, back to "geraldo at large".or all the latest h headlines, go to fox news .com. >> geraldo: the best information we have and this information is brand new, just within hours, is that osama bin laden escaped during the phoney cease fire last week. was always a rouse. they never intended to surrender. it was during that cease fire that osama bin laden we are told made it over the white mountains into prablg sta pakid living under the protection in deep secrecy of a tribal leader in the city o in pack pakistan. >> geraldo: that was nearly ten years ago and osama bin laden never strayed very far are from where america lost sight of him in torah borah in december of 2001. hear how seal team 6 finally took down the world's most wanted war criminal. >> good evening. tonight, i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden the leader of al-qaeda. >> geraldo: back up 8 hours to 30:00 sunday afternoon on the east coast of the united states.

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. >>> from america's news headquarters i'm marianne rafferty. up on a story we reported earlier, a two hour standoff has ended in houston with a suspected gunman dead of a gun shot wound. he is accused of shooting two officers and then hiding in a high rise parking garage. he exchanged gun fire with officers. the suspect was later found in the garage dead of a gun shot wound to the head. it isn't known if f. in was self-inflicted. the two officers have non-life-threatening wounds. >>> relief might be around the corner for analysts. expect a drop of nearly 50 cents in the price of a gallon of gasoline perhaps as early next month. the drop in gas prices could also fuel consumer spending which is about 70% of our economy. i'm marianne rafferty. now, back to gerald "geraldo at large". for the latest headlines, go to fox news .com. >> geraldo: the best information we have and this information is brand new, just within hours, is that osama bin laden escaped during the phoney cease fire last week. was always a rouse. they never intended to surrender. i

i am marianne rafferty now back to "huckabee."f you haven't read my book the simple government i hope you will. i talk about how we should be dealing with terrorist and the nations that help them. it is available atama zon.com. show how do special operations teams prepare for a mission to land in hostile territory. our next guest was part of the delta force tome that tried to rescue the hostages was iran and involved in the mission to get norwegia . in mogadishu: good to have you with me. >> tell me if you will. something about the play by play of what happens from the time the choppers land in the compound until the time they get out of there. >> first of all, let's back up earlier than that . on the way in, there is no question that troops are going to be monitoring probably live video coming off of a uav or predator-type drone and getting verbal reports. they have a pretty good situation on awareness and understand what is happening in real-time. when they get in close, they get a one-minute warning and that is at that point, t

>> from americans news headquarters i'm marianne rafferty. water soaking mississippi and downstream. memphis going door to door urging to get out. some people spend weeks stacking sandbags in order to protect their property. the mayor talked about the flooding. >> the crest will exceed historic limits, we still will be prepared for that. we're fortunate that memphis is built up on the bluff. but as you can see here, some of the low lying areas will experience some water coming on to the street. >> officials in louisiana also warning its residents to expect flooding even at the spillway northwest of baton rouge is open. into houston where a two hour standoff ends with a suspected gunman dead. he s. a accused of shooting two officers and nigd a parking garage. exchanged gunfire with tactical unit officers. he was later found inside a garage with a gunshot wound to the head. it isn't known if it is self-inflicted. the two officers are expected to be okay. in libya, government forces destroying four large field tanks in the rebel held city of mis