>>> NOW AT 6:00, A TikTok BILL MOVING THROUGH CONGRESS MAKING THE APP ONE STEP CLOSER TO POSSIBLY BEING BANNED IN THE U.S. >>> WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE AT 6:00. I'M JONATHAN GONZALEZ. >> I'M KATHY VARA. THE TikTok BAN IS WITH BILLS FOR AID TO ISRAEL AND UKRAINE WHICH MEANS IT'S ALSO LIKELY TO PASS THE SENATE AND HEAD TO THE PRESIDENT'S DESK. >> NBC4 HAS MORE LIVE FROM OUTSIDE TikTok GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS IN CULVER CITY WITH MORE DETAILS. CHRISTIAN? >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT. SO IF TikTok'S PARENT COMPANY BYTEDANCE DOES NOT SELL WITHIN THE NEXT NINE MONTHS, TODAY'S LEGISLATION COULD MEAN THAT THE APP COULD BE BANNED RIGHT HERE IN THE U.S. TODAY A SPOKESPERSON FOR TikTok RELEASED THIS STATEMENT THAT YOU SEE HERE ON YOUR SCREEN. IT READS, "IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS USING THE COVER OF IMPORTANT FOREIGN AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO ONCE AGAIN JAM THROUGH A BAN BILL THAT WOULD TRAMPLE THE FREE SPEECH RIGHTS OF 170 MILLION AMERICANS, DEVASTATE SEVEN MILLION BUSINESSES, AND SHUTTER A PLATFORM THAT CONTRIBUTES $24 BILLION TO THE U.S. ECONOMY ANNUALLY." BACK IN MARCH THERE WAS ANOTHER BILL THAT WAS PASSED BY THE HOUSE BY AN OVERWHELMING BIPARTISAN VOTE AS BOTH THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY WITH THE APP'S OWNER. THE PROBLEM, ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IS THE DATA THE APP COLLECTS FROM EACH USER WHICH BECOMES A ROBUST REVENUE MODEL WHICH THEN IS REGULATED BY THE LAWS THAT GOVERN EACH COUNTRY. BUT AS YOU HEARD, 170 MILLION USERS HERE IN THE U.S. MANY OF THEM SAY THEY RELY HEAVILY ON THE APP FOR THEIR MAIN INCOME. MANY OF THOSE USERS, OF COURSE, GOING ONTO THEIR PLATFORM TO TALK ABOUT WHAT A BAN WOULD MEAN FOR THEM, FOR THEIR BRAND, OF COURSE FOR THEIR INCOME. OF COURSE WE WILL STAY ON TOP OF IT AND BRING YOU THE LATEST ON THE FUTURE OF T
