CBS EVENING NEWS' Elizabeth Palmer Reports from Inside Mali Tonight

CBS News Correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports from inside Mali on the first wave of U.S. assistance to French forces. The report will be broadcast tonight, Jan. 22 on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY (6:30-7:00 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.

In tonight's report, Palmer speaks with U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin Oliver who says that U.S. transport planes have already started to land and are bringing more than 100 tons of gear and soldiers from a military base in France as part of a complicated operation that could draw the

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