about his brother but says the delay is torture and he fears hope is slipping away. and maybe in response to the anguish of these families and their demands for more information at the press conference this morning, officials announced they are assembling a high-level team involving folks from the prime minister's office, the foreign minister's office and beyond to travel to beijing immediately to give -- to give updates, more updates, i guess we should expect, to the families of those missing. well will continue to follow this, of course, throughout the show but now back to new york with john berman for some of today's other top stories. john? >> thanks so much, kate. this morning, new revelations about the size and scope of the nsa's surveillance operations. documents given to the "washington post" by leaker edward snowden says the agency has engineered a system capable of recording every single phone call made in a foreign country and can then rewind and review individual conversations up to a month later. "the post" confirm it is