Fencing and security to be reduced at Capitol

The Capitol complex will soon see reduced security and fencing more than two months after the January 6 assault on the Capitol, according to security officials.  

CBS News obtained an email sent Monday by acting Sergeant at Arms Timothy Blodgett to lawmakers and staff. In the email, Blodgett said Capitol police told him "there does not exist a known, credible threat against Congress or the Capitol Complex that warrants the temporary security fencing."  The U.S. Capitol police and the architect of the Capitol will begin making "alterations'' to the existing fencing around the Capitol, moving the fencing closer to the Capitol this week to improve traffic and pedestrian flow and removing the razor wire on the inner perimeter fence next week, according to Blodgett. Toward the end of the week of March 22, the outer perimeter fencing will be removed and traffic will reopen on Independence Avenue and Constitution Avenue. It's the first time the area will be open since the January 6 attack.