water. >> our son is 6 and he doesn't understand. he asked to go home the other day, and so that was sort of hard because i had to try to explain to him, you know, we can't go home because the floodwater's so bad. >> reporter: up and down the river, residents are pulling together, packing sandbags and piling them up, hoping they'll hold off the water. the flooding has forced road closures in at least three states. once the mississippi crests, the high water is expected to linger for days. jim ryan, abc news, memphis. >> and our flood coverage does not end here. we'll have much more coming up today on "america this morning" and then on "good morning america" and diane sawyer will be in memphis later on and she'll be anchoring tonight's "world news" from the flood zone. overseas now and the increasing pressure on pakistan. the u.s. now wants access to bin laden's three widows and also any material taken in last week's raped. there are still questions over how bin laden managed to live for five years undetected. abc's jim sciutto has the very latest from islamabad. >> reporter: his years hiding in plain sight shocked america and the world. a senior pakistani official placed the blame inside the