Latest Assignment America Videos
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Play CBS Video January 17, 2007 | 10:34 AM PST
Assignment America
You pick Steve Hartman's next assignment: Virginia's Chantey singers, the Arlington ladies, or the grandmother who is the sole provider for 11 children and the lessons she's learned.
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Play CBS Video January 17, 2007 | 10:34 AM PST
A Good, 'Old' Homeless Shelter
About 600,000 families are homeless in America, including more than 1.3 million children. Steve Hartman found one of America's nicest homeless shelters, one that has a unique approach to the problem.
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September 14, 2007 | 8:37 AM PDT
Assignment America
You pick Steve Hartman's next assignment: visiting the nicest homeless shelter, a chocolate factory run by kids or hearing about Apa Sherpa's dream.
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Play CBS Video January 5, 2007 | 4:26 PM PST
Father Of The Year
Larry Scandin has redefined the meaning of the word "family." He's had hundreds of foster kids from all over Minnesota. Steve Hartman reports in this week's Assignment America.
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Play CBS Video September 14, 2007 | 8:37 AM PDT
A Modern-Day Santa Claus
Ten years ago, Terry Franz started "Cars for Christmas" - giving away cars to people who couldn't afford them. Steve Hartman went to Kansas City to talk to this modern-day Santa Claus.
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Play CBS Video September 14, 2007 | 8:37 AM PDT
Assignment America
You pick Steve Hartman's next assignment: Meet the dad of the century, a Mayor who still lives with him mom or a 63-year-old police rookie.
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Play CBS Video September 14, 2007 | 8:37 AM PDT
Assignment America
You pick Steve Hartman's next assignment: meeting a high school grocer, a 94-year-old blind bowler or the father of the century who has adopted over 100 foster kids.
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Play CBS Video December 8, 2006 | 2:24 PM PST
America's Oldest Worker
104-year-old Ralph Waldo McBurney was recently honored as America's oldest worker at a ceremony in Washington. He talks with Steve Hartman about the key to living a long and satisfying life.
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Play CBS Video December 4, 2006 | 7:13 AM PST
Around The World On A Mule
Bud and Patricia Kenny are on a 20-year trip around the world, but their mode of transportation doesn't have an engine or even wheels. Steve Hartman explains in this installment of Assignment America.
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Play CBS Video November 24, 2006 | 2:56 PM PST
A Tale Of Two Brothers
Steve Hartman brings us a touching story in tonight's Assignment America about two inseparable brothers serving in Iraq. One died and the other is finishing up his brother's work.
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Play CBS Video November 19, 2006 | 8:08 PM PST
Assignment America
You pick Steve Hartman's next assignment: a 63-year-old police recruit, expensive vanity license plates in Delaware or traveling the world by mule.
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Play CBS Video November 19, 2006 | 8:08 PM PST
Have The Turkeys Been Saved?
Steve Hartman came across a baffling Thanksgiving event at which many of the attendees thought wild turkeys were being saved from the dinner table. They were in for a big surprise.
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Play CBS Video September 14, 2007 | 8:37 AM PDT
Assignment America
You pick Steve Hartman's next assignment: Ukuleles for the troops, diamonds for the taking or saving the turkeys.
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Play CBS Video November 10, 2006 | 1:41 PM PST
From 'Delinquent' To 'Lady'
In this week's Assignment America, Steve Hartman checked out the Charm School in Orange County, Calif., which admits delinquent girls and gives them the skills to be fully effective women.
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Play CBS Video November 10, 2006 | 1:07 PM PST
Assignment America
You pick Steve Hartman's next assignment: California sends delinquents to finishing school, a dummies convention or the world's fastest talker.
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Play CBS Video November 10, 2006 | 1:07 PM PST
Immigration On Film
The immigration debate is visually documented in this Assignment America piece as the illegal immigrants and those trying to stop them are both given cameras. Steve Hartman reports.
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Play CBS Video October 30, 2006 | 8:31 AM PST
Not So Pretty In Pink
Only On The Web: A Texas county jail contains pink jumpsuits, shoes, towels, sheets, and walls. All of this is an effort to deter repeat offenders and it appears to be working.
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Play CBS Video October 27, 2006 | 3:32 PM PDT
Assignment America
You pick Steve Hartman's next assignment: An unknown civil rights sit-in in Kansas, disposable cameras providing a unique look at immigration, or swamp buggy races.
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Play CBS Video October 30, 2006 | 6:50 AM PST
Texas Sheriff Thinks Pink
Mason County Sheriff Clint Low has turned everything in his jail pink in an effort to deal with overcrowding and cut down on recidivism. Steve Hartman reports in this week's Assignment America.
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Play CBS Video October 28, 2006 | 6:02 AM PDT
Baseball's Biggest 'Catcher'
One fan has perfected the great American art of catching baseballs in the stands at major league games. Steve Hartman reports.
