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Chinese Orphan Deemed Unadoptable is Adopted; American Student Held in North Korea; U.S., China Prepare For Huge Winter Storms; Vimeo Announces New Women-centered Project. Aired 8:00a-9:00a ET

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[08:00:19] MANISHA TANK, HOST: Hi, I'm Manisha Tank in Hong Kong. A warm welcome to News Stream.

An American student is being held in North Korea accused of acts hostile to the state.

Shivers for the U.S. and China as powerful winter weather moves across both countries.

And a Chinese orphan CNN told you about last year is now heading to his new life in the United States.

Hello, a U.S. college student is being held in North Korea, a travel company based in China says Otto Frederick Warmbier was detained earlier

this morning visiting Pyongyang on one of the group's tours. North Korean state media reports that Warmbier is accused of carrying out hostile acts

against the country.

Our Paula Hancocks has been following developments for us out of Seoul as this story has developed over the course of the day and we've got more

information. Let's go to her now.

Paula, so we're now learning that actually he was detained some time ago and only now the information was actually coming out.

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Manisha. According to the travel company that he was traveling with, it

was January 2, the beginning of the year, that he was actually detained by North Korean forces. They said that he was acting against the regime, a

hostile act against the country.

They also said that it was quote, at the tacit connivance of the U.S. government. Now, this travel company is a China-based company, Young

Pioneer Tours. They've been working with the family -- the family has been informed -- and with the state department and North Korea's foreign

ministry to try and secure his release.

We have reached out to the State Department to see what they can tell us about the status of this individual at this point. So we do understand

that this is the situation as it stands, it is all from KCNA, the state-run media, that we're getting this information at this point, nothing coming

from the U.S. side. So, it's difficult to know exactly what has happened.

But of course it's not the first time something like this has happened.

Over the past five years or so, there's been about half a dozen U.S. citizens who have been arrested and then have been detained and then have

been released. So certainly it's not first time.

The State Department has strongly recommended against any U.S. citizens traveling to North Korea, Manisha.

TANK: So, how often is it -- well, we know that there have been incidents like this before, but what is it that then happens? What would

be the process now? We know that the U.S. is aware of the reports. But then what is it that takes place?

HANCOCKS: Well, quite often the first we get to hear about these people who have been detained is from KCNA, the state-run media. They will

release a name and say that there were hostile acts against the country.

Often, we then see a televised admission of guilty and apology and often in the past there has been a high level visit from a U.S., Washington

official coming to Pyongyang to try and negotiate the release and they leave with the detainee.

Now just last month, though -- in fact earlier this month, a CNN team in

Pyongyang was allowed to talk to a Korean-American who was being held. He said that the north accused him of espionage. And also a Korean-Canadian

pastor who has been sentenced to life hard labor for subversion.

So, in those particular cases, and certainly with the Korean-American, the Pyongyang regime actually introduced him to CNN before they announced

that they even had him. So, we are seeing some slight differences here.

But up until recently, all of the detainees have been released, although, some have been kept for some time -- Manisha.

TANK: OK, Paula, thanks very much for that, the latest there on this detainment of the American student in North Korea.

Now, from ISIS to Iran, the refugee crisis took over poverty, U.S. secretary of state had a far reaching message to delegates at the World

Economic Forum in Davos. John Kerry said leaders need to take steps to ensure a future of decency and peace.

ISIS was a huge part of his message as he maintains the group is on the way to being defeated.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JOHN KERRY, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE: Nothing in the end would do more to terminate the threat of Daesh than obviously to negotiate an end to the

war in Syria, and that is precisely what we are trying to do. Achieving it will not be easy, it isn't already, though we've taken important first

steps.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

[08:05:14] TANK: Well, that was Secretary of State John Kerry. CNN's own Richard Quest will have more on Mr. Kerry's remarks when he hosts a

special edition of World Business Today. It's live from Davos and that starts in less than an hour.

Jason Rezaian, The Washington Post reporter, freed in a U.S. prisoner swap with Iran is heading home today. He had been recovering at a U.S.

military hospital in Germany. Two other Americans who were held in Iran are already back on

U.S. soil.

Saeed Abedini was reunited with his family in North Carolina. The Pastor had spent more than three years in an Iranian prison. Also back

home, Amir Hekmati who landed in Michigan. The former U.S. marine was detained five years ago and accused of spying.

Well, the return of the Americans is one sign of a new phase in U.S. relations with Iran. It follows the lifting of sanctions on the country

after Iran was found to be in compliance with an international nuclear deal.

So, how is life expected to change for Iranians? Frederik Pleitgen is in Tehran with more.

And Frederik, Fred, over the last 12 months or so, we've talked a lot about

negotiations and what it would mean for Iranians. I know you've been out and

you've been talking to people. But what are they telling you?

FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, that's true, Manisha, we certainly have in the past 12 months we've seen the

people here in Iran go through really very different phases where it looked like the

negotiations might fail, where there was some pessimism also, whether or not the nuclear agreement would happen.

But now that it's been implemented, I can tell you the mood on the street is optimism, it's hope, it's also reconciliation as well.

When you ask people about how they feel about the west, how they feel about the United States, they do say that they believe the time is right to

try and get that back on track.

I want you to listen in to some of the things people told me when we went out in Tehran a little earlier.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I love America.

Well, nobody hates anybody. We aree people, they are people, we love each other but our governments have some things which they have been

fighting for for many years. I don't want to get into that. But if this is a bridge for connecting people, then again let's hope for the best.

PLEITGEN: Do you think America is good?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Whatever we see is good, you know, it's magical, it's

dreamy, all people want to go there. So, I think it's good.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So having like a sanctions, brutal sanctions against Iran, I mean, you can talk with Iran and you can see how -- I mean,

how good negotiation can be with Iran, with other countries.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

PLEITGEN: And now, Manisha, of course, this country wants and expects economic developments to happen after a lot of those sanctions have been

lifted. Iran wants to pump a lot more oil into the world markets, also this country has a very young, very well educated population. They expect

major investments from the outside, but also for their own economy to thrive and get better.

So far that hasn't happened, but we have to keep in mind that sanctions relief only happened a few days ago, however, the optimism here

really is very, very big.

We also, though, have to keep in mind that of course there are also hard liners here in Iran who don't trust the nuclear agreement who don't

trust the United States and who believe that better relations is something that will take a lot more time than the past couple of months, Manisha.

TANK: Well, that mistrust, Fred, does that mean that there is still a risk

that actually Iranians won't end up benefiting from the unraveling or the easing of these sanctions?

PLEITGEN: Well, you know one of the things that could happen is that this nuclear agreement can and still at any stage fall apart. If either

side is deemed to be a noncompliance with some of the rules of the nuclear agreement, then certainly anyone can pull out of it at any stage.

And so there is that threat that is still there. You've had some incidents in the past couple of days -- that incident with the U.S. sailors

being picked up by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard navy. That's something that could have certainly spiraled into a wider issue.

At this point in time it seems as though all sides are trying to manage akll of this, they're trying to move the relations forward. Of

course, the Iranians especially want this nuclear agreement to hold. But that's not to say that it could not go any other direction if there is some

sort of miscalculated move, if there's some sort of bigger political disagreement.

At this point in time, however, it seems as though the diplomats on all the sides, not just the U.S. and Iran, but of course all of the other

countries that are involved as well, really do want to make this work.

And I can tell you from speaking with the Iranians here, or with people here on the ground in Tehran, they certainly want to see all of this

work. They want to see a life without sanctions. They want to see the economic benefits. And they believe they have what it takes to be

successful in the world's economy.

[08:10:10] TANK: Fred, as always, good to see you, good to talk to you and also really interesting to get those views from at least a few

Iranians out there in Tehran. Thank you so much.

You're watching News Stream. Coming up, deep freeze across large parts of China. Snow is piling up and things could get worse over the

weekend.

And China is not alone, the U.S. is bracing for what could be its biggest snowstorm in years. We'll have a live report, that's next.

(COMERCIAL BREAK)

TANK: Two different parts of the world are getting ready for a whopping amount of weekend snow. Eastern China is being covered by heavy

snowstorms, blizzards are expected in Shanghai and by Saturday, temperatures in Beijing

could drop to minus 17 degrees, close to the lowest in 30 years.

It is a similar scene on the U.S. east coast. Millions of people are in the

path of a major snowstorm there and state of emergency has been called in at least five states. More than 4,600 flights have already been canceled.

So for those of you living on the U.S. east coast or in China, what should we expect this weekend? Let's get the forecast from our

meteorologist, Pedram Javaheri. Well, wrapping up warm is an understatement. It isn't just cold, it's also the nature of the weather.

(WEATHER REPORT)

[08:15:48] TANK: Yeah, yeah. And they're already talking about it here in Hong Kong. Let me tell you about the unusually cold weather we're

expecting this weekend. Pedram, thank you very much for that.

And after the break, we hope to get a report from the ground from Charlotte, North Carolina to hear how that storm is already coming in from

Polo Sandoval who will be standing by. You can see some of the pictures that have already been coming into us here at CNN.

You're watching News Stream. Coming up, the latest in the race for the

White House. Hillary Clinton sharpens her attack on Bernie Sanders as he pulls ahead in a new poll.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

[08:20:00] TANK: Oh, the twinkling lights of the iconic Hong Kong buildings across Victoria Harbor. But let me tell you, it is very cold out

there, and it's going to get colder over the weekend.

And somewhere else it's been very cold, of course, is on the eastern U.S.

coast -- on the east coast, a severe snowstorm is coming in, all kinds of weather coming in. A state of emergency has been called in at least five

states. So let's take you to one of them right now.

Polo Sandoval is standing by in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tell us what you've been seeing so far. We can see the blanket of snow there.

POLO SANDOVAL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, absolutely.

And what's interesting here is we really have seen about three different stages of precipitation. And it just goes to show you how

quickly things and the weather conditions have changed here.

We started off with a light drizzle overnight and then it turned to snow. And now what we're seeing is freezing rain.

We didn't see a whole lot of snow. In fact, if I show you a little bit what

we're seeing here, only a couple -- about an inch and a half or so. So, what's concerning here is really the ice, not so much the snow. So while

the scene here in the heart of Charlotte is very picturesque, there is a very real concern for officials here is about the ice because once we get

the ice begins to accumulate, you have travel trouble and of course major issues on the roads, not to mention power outages as well. So, that's one

of several reasons why officials here in several southern states are watching the weather very closely as the system

continues to make its way through several southern cities.

I can also tell you that officials here in Charlotte have been preparing for this for the last two or three days. In fact, as early as

Tuesday. They began dumping what's commonly referred to as brine on the street. It's basically a combination of water and salt that's meant to try

to essentially keep that ice from forming on the roads.

People here are obviously being asked to simply stay home if they don't necessarily have to travel to work or to school, but I will tell you

already this weather is having an impact on some of the folks that wanted to really take

part in what is expected to be a very significant NFL football game this Sunday, a big

championship game.

A pep rally that was scheduled to happen in this park now canceled. Back to you.

TANK: OK, Polo, thank you very much for that. Polo Sandoval in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Right, we are ten days away from the first votes leading up to the U.S. presidential election, the Iowa caucuses. And new CNN/ORC poll shows

Democrat Bernie Sanders and Republican Donald Trump are on top among the likely caucus goers.

Among Republicans, Trump leads the pack with 37 percent support. Senator Ted Cruz is trailing at 26 percent. And among Democrats, Senator

Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton 51 percent to 43 percent.

Well, as Senator Sanders soars past Clinton in the key state, she's stepping up attacks against her Democratic rival. Jeff Zeleny reports from

Des Moines, Iowa.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEFF ZELENY, CNN SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In Iowa today, Hillary Clinton was focused above all on one person.

HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Senator Sanders. Senator Sanders. Senator Sanders.

ZELENY: After months of looking beyond Bernie Sanders, Clinton urged voters to give his policies a close look. And real scrutiny.

CLINTON: But in theory, is it enough? A president has to deliver in reality.

ZELENY: A reversal of fortunes for Clinton, now running behind Sanders in Iowa and New Hampshire. It explains why she's suddenly squarely taking

him on, telling Democrats his ideas are simply too good to be true.

CLINTON: I'll tell you, I'm not interested in ideas that sound good on paper but will never make it in the real world.

ZELENY: But the real politics, 11 days before the voting begins, increasingly favors Sanders. And he is turning optimistic. Launching a new

television ad featuring the old Simon and Garfunkel anthem "America." In New Hampshire today, Sanders all but ignored Clinton.

SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: It's going to be a close election there and their caucus night, I think we have an excellent

chance to win there.

ZELENY: The Democratic establishment and the Clintons are pulling out all the stops to keep that from happening. She reminded voters they aren't

just electing a president.

CLINTON: We're also choosing a commander-in-chief.

ZELENY: She questioned whether Sanders has a firm grasp of global affairs.

CLINTON: Senator Sanders doesn't talk very much about foreign policy, but when he does, it raises concerns because sometimes it can sound like he

hasn't really thought it through.

ZELENY: She pointed to Iran.

CLINTON: For example, he suggested we invite Iranian troops into Syria. That is like asking the arsonists to be firefighters.

ZELENY: And took aim at Sanders' health care plan, saying it would erode Obamacare.

CLINTON: We can get this done without another divisive debate about our entire health care system, and without giving Republicans an opening to

come in and tear down everything we have achieved.

ZELENY: Her words were carefully scripted. Delivered by teleprompter. As Clinton tries to regain the upper hand, she told voters she's a fighter

who's been down before.

CLINTON: And I can tell you, I've gotten back up time and time again because as long as there is work to do, and people to help, I'm not going

to quit.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

[08:25:35] TANK: Well, next week the Democratic candidates will face off one week before Iowa takes part in the nation's first caucus.

CNN's Chris Cuomo moderates the town hall with Martin O'Malley, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

And that is going to be on Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. in Hong Kong right here on CNN.

Right, the Hubble telescope has spotted one of our galaxy's most glittering sights 8,000 light years from Earth. This is the Trumpler 14

star cluster. NASA says it's like an opulent diamond tapestry. It contains some of the brightest stars in the Milky Way.

And that dark patch on the left that you just refocus your eyes for a second,

it's not a glitch on the image, it's a spot of gas and dust in silhouette. This cluster is very new in star terms, around half a million years old,

and is much younger than our sun that has been around 4.5 billion years.

These stars are so bright, because they are burning through the hydrogen fuel so quickly.

The brightest stars don't burn for long, and in a few million years they'll explode in a super nova.

In time, that kick starts the birth of a brand-new generation of stars.

Beautiful stuff.

Coming up, we'll bring you a familiar face. Awhile ago, we told you about

Jiajia, the Chinese orphan who some considered unadoptable, but now that has all changed. Stay with us.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(HEADLINES)

[08:30:27] TANK: On Friday, a 9-year-old boy once considered unadoptable

arrives his his new home in U.S. Jiajia was abandoned outside a fertility clinic after being born with spina bifida. They Wilson family started the

adoption process months ago, but they didn't have enough money for the process and after a

report by our Will Ripley money started pouring in.

Will was there when the Wilson's met their new son for the first time.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The Wilsons have been waiting almost a year to make the 6,600-mile journey from Kansas City to

Beijing. The boy they are about to meet has been waiting his whole life.

We first met JiaJia last summer, the oldest orphan in a Chinese foster home for kids with disabilities.

(on camera): You've lived here all your life, right?

JIAJIA, BOY LIVING IN ORPHAN: Yeah.

RIPLEY: A long time. Nine years.

(voice-over): Another family broke their promise to adopt him.

(CRYING)

(on camera): It's OK.

RIPLEY (voice-over): JiaJia, desperate for parents of his own.

BRIAN WILSON, ADOPTIVE FATHER OF JIAJIA: He's a rock star.

RIPLEY: Brian and Jeri Wilson have been trying for months to adopt him, but they needed $36,000, money they didn't have.

BRIAN WILSON: Right after the story aired, about 8:00 that night, we met our goal.

RIPLEY: Donations came in from all over the world. The Wilsons raised almost $50,000 in a matter of hours. Five more months of paperwork, and

today they finally meet their son.

JERI WILSON, ADOPTIVE MOTHER OF JIAJIA: As soon as he looked at us, he smiled.

RIPLEY: Within minutes, crucial bonding begins.

(LAUGHTER)

JiaJia's three older sisters back in Missouri busy preparing his new room.

UNIDENTIFIED GIRL: We can't wait for him to get here.

RIPLEY: The Wilsons, both 50, say their Christian faith led them to make this life-changing choice.

JERI WILSON: It's like he's already been a part of our family forever.

RIPLEY: Before they can take him home, they must travel to JiaJia's hometown in central China, continuing the tedious process of finalizing the

adoption.

The identity of JiaJia's birth parents unknown.

(on camera): It's heartbreaking to imagine what his biological parents must have been going through. JiaJia was only 3 months old and he

desperately needed life-saving surgery that his parents most likely couldn't afford. So they left him here at this fertility clinic.

(voice-over): A place where people go who want children.

Jeri believes JiaJia's mother did not abandon him, she saved him.

JERI WILSON: I pray for her and I thank God for her. And I want him to know that she loved him.

RIPLEY: Hundreds of thousands of Chinese kids with disabilities end up in orphanages, and many become permanent wards of the state, their lives

spent in institutions, hidden from the prying stares of strangers.

For JiaJia, time was running out. In China, the law says kids can no longer be adopted once they turn 14.

His future in America, about to unfold.

(SHOUTING)

RIPLEY: Already, he's learning more English.

BRIAN WILSON: 52.

RIPLEY: Learning what it feels like to be spoiled.

JERI WILSON: A lot of spoiling.

BRIAN WILSON: Yeah.

RIPLEY: But first, JiaJia leaves the only family he's ever known.

UNIDENTIFIED GIRL: JiaJia!

RIPLEY: To the other orphans, he was like a big brother.

(SINGING)

RIPLEY: To the volunteers who raised him, like a son. Many will never see him again.

BRIAN WILSON: We know he loves you guys. And he's going to miss you.

RIPLEY: It's time to say goodbye. These are happy tears.

UNIDENTIFIED GIRL: JiaJia! JiaJia!

RIPLEY: It doesn't make this any easier.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Bye-bye.

UNIDENTIFIED GIRL: Bye-bye, JiaJia!

RIPLEY: Soon, JiaJia begins his new life in Kansas City with a new American name, Jason JiaJia Wilson.

As the other orphans wait and hope that some day their parents will come and take them home.

Will Ripley, CNN, Beijing.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

TANK: Well, we can talk to Will now. He joins us from Beijing and get some more insight on the story.

You know, Will, people often ask me what I tell them what I do, oh, there's so much bad news all the time. Why do you anchors always tell us

the bad news? But there's lots of good news. And thank you for bringing us such a great, good news story.

RIPLEY: Well, thank you for running the story. It's really been overwhelming.

And as a journalist, you live for stories like this where you actually feel like your work can help make some sort of small tangible difference to

improve somebody's life, because you're right we talk about so much bad stuff.

And it's just -- I mean, look how generous our viewers are. This is JiaJia's GoFundMe page. And just as recently as 28 minutes ago: $20, $20,

$60, $50, $100 people have already donated about 3,000 additional dollars to this family. And they've said that any excess money that they receive

above their goal is going to go to other families who are looking to adopt.

And so it just goes to show that when you tell a story and it goes in this

world that we have that's so connected, television and the internet, the word travels and people are touched and they want to help. And in this

young boy's case, he really has a bright future ahead thanks to the generosity of a lot of people around the world.

TANK: And he stayed so strong. He stayed in that up until the age of 9. I mean, it's a long time to be in this particular orphanage. And how

open-hearted of this family to come.

The place he's moving to, what do you know about that? Is he going to get treatment to help with his spina bifida?

RIPLEY: Right, so he's living in a suburb of Kansas City, which happens to be located very close to one of the leading spina bifida

research centers in the United States. And after the first story aired, the Wilson family they were conducted by spina bifida specialists who they

already have made appointments to meet with JiaJia shortly after he lands.

So, they're expecting some surgeries. He's going to meet with some of the top doctors in the U.S. who are donating their services because they

want to try to help to see if there's a chance once -- of course they won't know until they check

him out, if there's a chance he could walk or become more mobile again.

And so you have that. You have the family members and the church community waiting for him at the airport to greet him and welcome him into

this community. And he also will be reunited with his best friend from the orphanage who was adopted by another family living in Missouri, they're now

going to be living, I think, 20 minutes apart from each other. So, he'll get to see him again.

And this was probably the hardest thing for him. He told me that he didn't want to have his friends at the orphanage have to see him leave

because he knows how painful it is because he saw so many friends be adopted and leave over the

years. And of course there was a family that told him they were going to adopt him and then they backed out.

And so after so much heartbreak, he -- this has happened for him. He's in the plane right now sitting in the middle seat between Jerry and

Brian, probably watching movies or maybe sleeping and he's going to land in the United States and

have a whole new life. And I just get goosebumps every time I think about that.

I'm sure. And I'm sure, Will, that you will not stop following the story and in you know in months, maybe years to come, you'll be able to

keep following and see how he's doing.

RIPLEY: I want to see the high school graduation.

TANK: Absolutely. What an incredible journey you've been on and what a

fantastic journey he's starting. Well done to everybody concerned it's great.

Now, if you out there want to see Will's report again on JiaJia, you can just go to our website. You can also learn more about China's orphans

and what's being done to help them.

That is all available for you at CNN.com/China.

You're watching News Stream. Still to come on this program, a YouTube competitor is trying to set itself apart from the crowd. Vimeo's CEO tells

us what his service brings to the table.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

TANK: Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep and many have spoken out about

the gender gap in Hollywood. Well, now Vimeo says it wants to change all of that.

The video streaming website is launching a new program called share the screen. The goal of this is to promote more projects by and about

women.

The first one is called Darby Forever and has just been released.

Well, Vimeo has been trying to distinguish itself in a market full of competitors, but in a world where you can watch YouTube videos for free,

why should anyone pay for the on demand service?

Our Brian Stelter sits down with a CEO to get his take.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

[08:40:23] BRIAN STELTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: In a world awash with digital

video from YouTube to Amazon to Netflix, what is Vimeo?

Well, it's kind of a mix between all three: user generated content but no

cat videos here, it's high quality curated and homemade.

KERRY TRAINOR, VIMEO CEO: Anyone can put their content on Vimeo. Any creator can share to any viewer anywhere in the world and obviously vice-

versa. And that's the critical distinction is creator can't just go and ring the doorbell at HBO or Netflix and say, hey, will you please carry my

new series? But with Vimeo we put the tools to deliver that premium experience.

STELTER: Vimeo was founded in 2004 by film makers looking to share work online. Over ten years later, the site has 70 million unique

visitors in the U.S. a month, according to Comstore. Still, less than a third of YouTube's reach.

Vimeo's CEO Kerry Trainor says that's an apples to oranges comparison.

TRAINOR: We view YouTube as the broadcast phase of online video, and Vimeo as bringing that premium cable, that HBO-like experience in an

equally open, global platform for creators to share and viewers to discover.

STELTER: Is Vimeo the anti-YouTube?

TRAINOR: You could put it that way. But we don't -- we don't set our course by trying to do what YouTube isn't doing. We try to set our course

by what we -- the type of environment that we think we can uniquely deliver.

STELTER: Instead of just being a place to upload videos, Vimeo now wants to be a destination for Netflix style shows.

People can pay to watch per episode. In 2014, Vimeo bankrolled the show High Maintenance, but HBO liked it so much that it bought six more

episodes. It's set to premier on cable this year.

Part of the message is, go make a show, put it on Vimeo, who knows what will happen?

TRAINOR: That's exactly right. And the ability to illustrate to really illustrate that as a reality, this is not a, hey, imagine a world

where this might happen. This is happening.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK. Good-bye forever.

STELTER: Later this year, another user created series, The Outs, will become part of the site's paid for programming.

UNIDENITIFED MALE: You know, we produce something independently, something that spoke to us and Vimeo found us and sort us brought us into

the fold.

STELTER: What does Vimeo bring to the table?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They're finding independent creators who are doing interesting work and providing a platform for more people to see that.

STELTER: And the added eyes on Vimeo are also helping bottom line.

Revenue in the most recent quarter up nearly 30 percent. Time will tell whether it can become an online video heavyweight. But it has

consumer behavior on its side.

TV and streaming video are becoming the same thing.

In the future, will everything be streamed?

TRAINOR: Whether it's coming through your laptop, whether it's ultimately coming through your phone, all video is ultimately going to be

streamed over IP.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

TANK: And that is News Stream for now. I'm Manisha Tank, but don't go anywhere. World Sport with Amanda Davies is up next.

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