JOIE CHEN, CNN ANCHOR: A question from our chat room today. One of our chatters today asks about the annual Easter egg race at the White House, a bit of a White House tradition there. "I read that the tots and the toddler who attend the event this year will be frisked for weapons. Is this the first time this has happened?" We have an answer to that from CNN White House correspondent Major Garrett today.</s>MAJOR GARRETT, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (on camera): Secret Service spokesman Mark Connelly says there are no new security procedures for the Easter Egg roll, but there is some new information about what is and is not allowed inside the White House grounds for the children and their parents who are participating in that egg roll. And all of this is spelled out on the back of this ticket. This is the official ticket for the White House Easter egg roll on Monday, April 16th. Allow me to read to you some of the things that are not allowed, expressly not allowed. Some of them are sort of typical: animals except for guide dogs, food of any kind, beverages, balloons. But there are also some items disallowed that may be a sign of the times in which we live. Fireworks firecrackers not allowed, guns, ammunitions, knives with blades over three inches, mace, nunchakus and electric stunt guns. Now, the Secret Service says these bits of information are really provided for those people who take public transportation to the White House. They don't want them to be inconvenienced if they come, and the security procedures find these are not allowable, and don't have a place to take these items, which cannot be brought into the White House grounds. But the Secret Service says all of the normal precautions are in place, and they hope everyone has a very happy and safe Easter egg roll.
White House Takes Security Precautions to Ensure Safe Annual Easter Egg Roll