are ben brody from washington, who has been following this story. at is the latest state of play between the president and tiktok's owner? ben: they are barreling toward that deadline. hold microsoft and oracle's in as bi -- oracle in as bidders. is simply notit going to be possible to meet that deadline. the administration deciding whether they are going to give more time to tiktok and bytedance. it is looking like they are leaning toward it, but it hasn't reached the president's desk, so things are still scrambling. emily: what are the chances this continues to go on, that they missed the deadline and miss the deadline because bytedance really doesn't want to sell tiktok's u.s. assets? ben: it seems entirely possible bytedance might decide it can't please both nations. the reporting we have gotten is the review by the chinese authorities is going to take weeks, if not months. it seems almost guaranteed the u.s. will have to move that deadline out if it does ultimately want to see a sale rather than shut the app down. is another 45 days before the f

joining us for the latest is our tech lobbying reporter, ben brody. here? for how long has the ftc been investigating facebook, and what does this mean? antitrust investigation into facebook grew out of the cambridge analytica scandal. and it was disclosed less on bare as that was wrapped. it has zeroed in on the way facebook has acquired potential competitors. antitrusty violating laws and trying to stifle competition. it could be coming to a head in the coming months. haidi: right. what we know in terms of previous instances where preparations have been undertaken, the same investigation into google in 2013, it is still very possible for the ftc or after all of this to decide not to file the suit. ben: absolutely. we understand that they are preparing for the suit. the chairman has said this is the most important competition investigation that the agency has undertaken. he has said that he thinks action may well be warranted. but there could be an offbrand. facebook could make concessions. there are a lot of ways this could go before it ends. shery: