A police operation is currently underway at the US Capitol in Washington.
A man had threatened with a bomb - and asked President Joe Biden to speak.
Washington - Alarm at the Capitol: A man triggered a large-scale police operation with a bomb threat near the US Parliament in Washington.
He drove a black pickup truck onto the sidewalk outside the Capitol library on Thursday and said he had a bomb, Capitol Police chief Thomas Manger said.
The suspect appeared to be holding a detonator.
USA: Bomb threat near the Capitol - man calls on President Biden
While surrounding buildings were being evacuated, police negotiators tried to get the man to give up.
"We do not currently know what his motives are," said Manger.
The man broadcast the events live on the social media network Facebook.
Videos appeared on the net that are supposed to show the man in the vehicle.
The police did not confirm the authenticity of the videos.
The videos show a man sitting in a vehicle filming himself.
He asked to speak to President Joe Biden * on the phone.
He also talked about Afghanistan, patriots and a revolution.
The Capitol Police, the Washington State Police Department, and the FBI Federal Police were in large numbers.
According to a representative, the White House * was kept up to date by the police about the events.
You are now negotiating with the man about a "peaceful solution".
The man's motive is currently unknown.
USA: After bomb threat - police evacuate area
The Capitol Police initially called a bomb alarm because of a "suspicious vehicle".
"This is an active bomb threat investigation," it said on Twitter.
The police called on the population to avoid the area.
The nearby US Supreme Court was also cleared.
According to US media reports, several buildings in the parliamentary complex have been evacuated as a precaution.
There is currently no session week in Congress, but there are parliamentary staff in the offices. Security measures have been tightened in the area since the storming of the Capitol * by radical supporters of former President Donald Trump * on January 6th.
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