CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper September 17, 2021 20:53:00
These people were and this extraordinary history of america, this extraordinary history of a family, which the first one came here as an indentured servant. cornelius vanderbilt drops out of school, dies in 1877 with more money than anybody had ever seen before, $100 million, and within two generations and three generations all the palaces that they built with that money, all of it was essentially torn down. and much of it has just disappeared. i think it's a fascinating story about the rise and fall of this american dynasty. >> well, that's the thing. after cornelius he had william and he dou...