thomas a. scotttwo was vice president and president of the railroad and j. edgar thompson. vanderbilt was someone who purchased a controlling share of the stock in the corporation, moved into management and then what he would do is he would not take a salary. he would take only for enumeration three dividends on his stocks and this is of course the model we have moved away from. now we expect chairs to grow in value and there are some stocks that pay dividends. at that time it was the primary thing investors look for. a steady return every year on dividends so vanderbilt had to make his world. he had to make it profitable year and in year out to get any money. by contrast the pennsylvania railroad also paid dividends fairly successfully up to a point. >> by the way to explain this is mostly held stocks worked at the time. mostly paid dividends. investors weren't so concerned with the stock going up or down just making sure it paid. >> prices tend to fluctuate but you didn't see steady ever-increasing

thomas a. scottresident and then press and of the real root in j. edgar thompson. fendrich build with someone who purchased a controlling share of the stock in the corporation, moved into management, and then what he would do is you would not take a salary. he would take only remuneration to dividends on his stocks and this was a model we have moved away from. now we expect shares to grow in value, but that is not the primary interest. at that time, it was the primary thing investors look four, a steady return every year in dividends so vanderbilt had to make israel brodes pay. he had to make profitable year in and year out for him to get any money out of them. by contrast the pennsylvania railroad, they also paid dividends fairly successfully. >> by the way just to explain this is how mostly housetops worked at the time. you mostly paid dividends. investors wanted so concerned with the up or down but making sure it paid. >> prices tended to fluctuate but you did not see steady increasing growth. is

a screen. isaiah thomas is the guy doing most of the complaining. i thought they called one against scott suggs. >> marques: obvious call. you can't grab a guy's jersey. suggs did defensively. an intentional foul called on suggs. >> steve: wow. >> marques: you can't reach out and grab the jersey from behind. >> steve: are you surprised the way california's played this afternoon? >> marques: i am shocked. shocked and amazed. i thought that they had found their stride. they finally put suggs in a position to gain a little separation. thought this would be a lot more competitive basketball game. mike montgomery will be the first to tell you, washington is tough to beat at home. they're a tough matchup for this team. they make you have to make plays off the dribble outside. >> steve: cal was the only team in the pac-10 to sweep through washington schools on the road last year, including cal coming in here and winning in three overtimes. beautifully played game, 88-85. >> marques: inability of jerome randle to find any kind of offense. the ball screens have made him a moot point for cal in thi

thomas, jim pinkerton fellow new america foundation and news day columnist, ellen. i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. the year 2000, the new millennium, the beginning of aew decade of news and news coverage. the y2k bug was the big story of 2000, it quickly became a big bust. u.s. agents seize refugee elian gonzalez and after a long standoff sent him back to cuba. the u.s.s. cole attacked by terrorists in yemen, 17 american sailors were killed. figuring out the winner of the presidential election delayed due to ballot snafus in florida. the u.s. supreme court took on the issue, made a decision and 36 days after voters had gone to the polls, democratic presidential candidate al gore conceded the election to his republican challenger, texas governor george w. bush. he would become the nation 43rd president. jim, elliss, if you had to sum up that 2000 election fiasco in a few words, how would you roux describe it? >> i would say the reporters all voted for al gore in 2000, but they didn't like him. they liked bush much better so bush perversely got pretty good press in that year. >> jon: and was that reflected, elliss, in the coverage, do you think of the

thomas flemming profiles the women who played a central part in creating our country. afterwards, part of this week's "book tv." massachusetts voted for republican scott brown yesterday in a special election to finish the remaining two years in ted kennedy's senate term. in a moment we'll bring you scott brown's victory speech. but first, here's his opponent, democrat martha coakley. [applause] >> thank you! i don't know. somebody told me there was a crowd out there. thank you. thank you. i want you to know that i just got off the phone with scott brown. i've offered him my congratulations and my best wishes on his victory tonight. and i wish to him and gail and to his two daughters -- and i told him mr. brown, you've got two lovely daughters, which he does. and he also extended his good wishes to me. so i wish we were here with other and better news tonight, but we are not. and i want to take this moment, first of all, for all of you in this room and those of you who are probably still out working. you poured your hearts and souls into this campaign. there are thousands of you, literally. we had thousands of people out on the streets since september.