Welcome, it is Verdict with Ted Cruz weekend review. Ben Ferguson with you, and these are the stories

that you may have missed that we talked about this week. First up, TikTok went down in America,

but then it was saved at the last moment, temporarily. So what is going to happen moving forward?

And is it a national security threat? We're going to dive into that coming up in just a moment.

Also, Joe Biden decided to pardon a lot of his family members and their spouses. Well, could it have

opened up Pandora's box? Apparently, many of those people that got those pardons may have to come

and testify now before Congress and will not be able to

plead the fifth. We'll explain exactly what we mean in just a moment. And finally, the confirmation

hearings on Capitol Hill continue to roll on. We'll have some of the highlights of this past week

of Senator Cruz talking with several of the nominees. It is the weekend review, and it starts

right now. Let's move to TikTok for a second, because this has actually been a big conversation

around the inauguration, elections having consequences, laws having consequences,

Supreme Court getting involved. So can we take it back to square one so that people that maybe weren't paying attention to TikTok,

maybe don't use it, they understand.

TikTok is extremely important to a younger generation.

And there are a lot of Americans that make a living on TikTok.

There are a lot of people that supports their businesses.

There is a lot of things on TikTok that you can say are very good. There are a lot of people that supports their businesses. There is a lot of

things on TikTok that you can say are very good. There are a lot of things you can also say are very bad.

But explain what happened with TikTok and why it was shut down. Well, Congress passed a law last year

dealing with TikTok. TikTok is owned and controlled by a company called

Bite Dance. Bight Dance is a Chinese company, and it's a Chinese company that is under the direct

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