2 arrested near White House following car crash, barricade jump

Outside the White House, two people arrested tonight for separate security incidents this morning. One involved a vehicle crashing into the sidewalk near Lafayette Park. The other involved somebody jumping a security barricade. Tom Fitzgerald is live at the White House right now with a witness who saw it all go down. Marina, Jim, good evening. This was an intense and initially uncertain response today as law enforcement had to respond to these two separate incidents right out here in front of the White House. Both individuals were apprehended quickly and officials tonight telling Fox 5 they are still investigating. Take a look at this video of the scene today. Now, this was around 10 a.m. this morning when out of nowhere. A car suddenly crashed into a barrier on the north side of Lafayette Square, right in front of the White House. Now, officers responded to that car. They tried to get the driver out. The driver apparently resisted. Eyewitnesses tell Fox 5 the driver fought with law enforcement. Getting pulled out of that car, at one point they heard a pop and smoke came out of the car. Just minutes later, another incident. A man in a crowd on a sidewalk. Suddenly ran towards a fence at Lafayette Park and climbed it. He, too, was also arrested quickly. Iris Mitchell spoke to Fox 5 about everything she saw. They tried hitting the windows. The guy wouldn't get out. Eventually, somehow, they got the door popped open, and when they did, he went to fight them. Like, he was throwing his arms, went down on the ground. They ended up having to pick him up by, like, his arms, his legs, and move him over to the ground. It was a remarkable scene. While all this was going on, inside the White House was locked down. Reporters inside the briefing room were told to stay away from the windows. Law enforcement officials and the D.C. bomb squad were told did search that car and did determine there was no threat inside of it. However, again, these two individuals were placed under arrest. People who were out here on the street tell Fox 5 they've been down here before but hadn't seen anything like this. We always feel very safe when we're here as visitors to your city. The armed military are a little bit off-putting when you first see them, when you come to a country where you're not used to it so much. We've been in town since last Thursday and we know there are other incidents, but you know, we're almost getting used to this, which is rather sad, isn't it? Now, the Secret Service still has not detailed whether or not these two incidents, the car crash and the jumper, were connected in any way. But keep in mind, this comes days after a man was arrested over on Constitution Avenue near the White House, apparently making threats against the president and having weapons inside that vehicle. We're live at the White House tonight. We'll send it back in to Jim.