breaking news. the tik tok bill has passed the u.s. house of representatives giving the owners a big choice. sell or be banned in america. law makers have flooded law makers offices and phones don t do this. 170 million americans are on the platform. now it goes to the u.s. senate. i m harris faulkner. are you in faulkner focus. this gives the owner a choice. die vest or you will be banned in the u.s. american buyers are already circling. the price tag could cover around hundreds of billions of dollars. tik tok rolled out an aggressive campaign in the lead up to this morning s vote. it used urging young users particularly to call their congress people, flooding the phone lines. a show of just how powerful tik tok can be. house progresses took to the hill yesterday in protest of the legislation. brought up upset content creators depending on the app for their careers and more. so many people, not only five million small businesses rely but 10 million people rely on this ap
over tiktok taking place now. the house voting on a bill to force the chinese owner to sell the app or be banned in the united states. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. always a quick turn around. bill: i m bill hemmer. good morning at home. some lawmakers say the chinese-based company is a threat to national security. others say tiktok ban would limit free speech online. that bipartisan bill expected to pass but faces an uncertain future once it hits the senate. jim jordan on stand by. chad pergram has the news live from the hill. hello to you. they re coming to the closing moments of this debate. one vote coming up in this series taking about 20, 25 minutes here but they believe they have the votes to pass this bill. it will take a 2/three vote. if all 432 members of the house vote that will be 288. but they expect to be well alove that threshold. look to see, though, if some of the concern that former president trump has expressed su