( CNN ) -- President Barack Obama was about to address the nation on Iraq Thursday night when the briefing was delayed because of a security breach on the North Lawn of the White House . But this was n't your normal breach , this was one of a pint-sized variety . A toddler forced the President , the press corps and the nation to wait . The little boy managed to squeeze himself between the bars of the White House fence , just before the briefing was expected to start . It forced a temporary lockdown . It did n't take long to resolve the matter and he 's now back with his parents . `` We were going to wait until he learned to talk to question him , but in lieu of that he got a timeout and was sent on way with parents , '' according to Edwin Donovan , spokesman for the United States Secret Service . The boy 's parents now have a story to tell their son -- the night he made the nation wait for the president .
A toddler slips through the fence at the White House . The president and first lady Melania Trump walk to Marine One on their way back from Camp David, Md. (AP) The pint-sized intruder is back with his parents .