It is 5 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast and washington, d. C. The situation there around the white house is returning to normal after a security scare. Officials tell cnn that a man drove up to the white house in the vehicle you see right there late saturday night. He told a guard that he had a bomb. Cnns ryan nobles has been on this story and has the very latest for us. This all started after 11 00 eastern time here in washington. Thats whether a man driving a vehicle pulled up to a Security Check point on the east side of the white house near the Treasury Department. He told the guard at that checkpoint that he had a bomb. That started off a security situation which lasted for more than four hours. Secret Service Agents and bomb technicians methodically checked the vehicle from front to back trying to pull items out of the trunk and a bomb technician in full bomb gear to go through those items. After that long search, the secret Service Agents declared the situation cleared and reop
Service agents. Through those items. It took more than four hours before they finally cleared the area and just in the last 40 minutes or so. It is clear that even though this threat has passed, the secret service was taking this very seriously. They were not going to take any chance was this vehicle. At one point throughout the evening, we noticed that the vehicle remained turned on with its Engine Running as they continued the process of trying to figure out exactly what this situation was. As it stands right now, everything clear here in washington. Natalie . Ryan nobels live there. Ryan, just to let our viewers here in the United States and around the world understand. The present of the United States not presently there at the white house, correct. Reporter thats correct. He is at his southern estate, maralago. He was not here at the white house in any danger at any point. It is worth pointing out, this is the Third Security incident that has taken place in the white house in the
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