Latest Assignment America Videos
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Play CBS Video February 16, 2007 | 2:06 PM PST
One Final Adoption
Diane Sadovnikov has facilitated adoptions for over 300 Ukrainian orphans. After being diagnosed with cervical cancer, she's now seeking suitable parents for her own two kids. Steve Hartman reports.
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Play CBS Video September 14, 2007 | 8:37 AM PDT
Assignment America
You pick Steve Hartman's next assignment; meet two identical chess prodigies; visit a café where the customers decide the prices or meet a lady that has to find foster parents for her own kids.
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Play CBS Video February 9, 2007 | 2:10 PM PST
Wil And His Hill
Steve Hartman met a special child, Wil Searby, who loves to ski despite his disability. Adaptive skiing allows kids like Wil to ski with no limits and has them coming back every winter.
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Play CBS Video February 2, 2007 | 1:42 PM PST
Laying Sod For The Super Bowl
It is a big deal to be given the responsibility of laying sod on the field. The Governor of Georgia personally drove the tractor for the ceremonial first cut of Super Bowl turf. Steve Hartman reports.
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Play CBS Video September 14, 2007 | 8:37 AM PDT
Assignment America
You pick Steve Hartman's next assignment: meet a teenage poet who has taught a class at Harvard; ski lessons for kids with disabilities or LA kids that beat the inner city streets on horseback.
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Play CBS Video January 29, 2007 | 4:34 AM PST
Rich Without Money
Dr. Bob Paeglow is a big-hearted doctor who makes no salary. He treats his patience for little or nothing. He tells Steve Hartman that he wanted to make a difference and is not doing it for the money.
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Play CBS Video September 14, 2007 | 8:37 AM PDT
Assignment America
You pick Steve Hartman's next assignment: meet a high school basketball coach with five all-star players from his family; a woman that makes scarves for cancer victims or the nicest doctor in America.
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Play CBS Video January 22, 2007 | 3:04 AM PST
Keeping The Shantys Alive
African-American fishermen in Virginia used to use the rhythm of "shantys" to help them hoist thousands of pounds of fish. Some are trying to keep this tradition alive. Steve Hartman reports.
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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.
