Mississippi River Cresting at Record Levels, Delta Residents Prepare Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Top of the Hour: Mississippi Flooding, Morning Headlines Mississippi River Crests Near Record Levels Syria: Crackdown Intensifies, Government Claims Upper Hand Pakistan's ISI Under Microscope Apps for the Greater Good in Tyler, Texas Andrew Ross Sorkin on Microsoft-Skype Deal Newt Gingrich Readies Presidential Bid Top of the Hour: Mississippi River Rising, Morning Headlines Memphis Residents and Emergency Management Monitor Mississippi President Obama Speaks on Immigration in El Paso Pakistan's International Role After Bin Laden Alabama Residents Rebuild After Tornadoes Who's Getting Stuck in the Poverty Trap? Bracing for Flooding, Memphis' Hope Church Provides Shelter for Evacuees Did Qatar Bribe FIFA in World Cup Bid? Inside Syria, Reporter Tells Stories of Crackdown Floodwaters from the Mississippi gain ground in Memphis, Tenn. ( Flickr user: memphisweather1 ) Produced by PRI and WNYC