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>> no? >> not at all. >> who knows the american people than you? >> well, i might be in a position to talk to -- to be an adviser, but i am not in any position or qualified to run a country, a city, a town hall meeting. that is not what i do. >> let me ask you a different way. you are a very successful business women. how many people do you employ? >> right now, 464 at harpo. >> it's a billion dollar plus business. >> all of the businesses, yes. >> as an empire it's impressive and big and successful. how do we get this going again? how did you get america back on its feet? >> i don't know the ...

You are a very successful business women. how many people do you employ? >> right now 464 at harpo. >> it's a billion dollar plus business. >> all of the businesses, yes. >> as an empire it's impressive and big and successful. how do we get this going again? how do you get america back on its feet? >> i don't know the answer to that. that's out of my lane. you have driven off the road and out of my lane. >> i want you in that lane. >> you can't put me in that lane. that's not my lane. >> you would be great in that lane. >> no. what i can talk about is my compassion for anybody who is strugglin...

Concern on this, jennifer? >> reporter: well, the pentagon is concerned, but what they are really concerned about is this surge in chinese military spending in the last 20 years. looks at the numbers. first of all, china may not be able to match the u.s. military in strength, for 10 to 20 years but in the last ten years added 30 submarines to the navy, compared to the u.s. navy which commissioned one submarine during the same time period and the past 20 years china's defense expend tour has gone up 464%, in 1990 -- 1999, spending township $100 billion and u.s. defense expend tour, in 1990, the...

About china's military buildup, jen per? >> reporter: well, i would say very concerned, jon. in fact, what they are hooking and what they point to is the surge in galloping defense expenditure. in the last 20 years, china's defense budget has gone up by 464%. compare that to u.s. defense spending which has risen in the same period of time by just 30%. and with the pentagon cutting back and china continuing to invest about 10%, their budgets are going up by 10% a year, this has people concerned. this terms of submarines, china has bought 30 submarines in the past decade, the u.s. navy, in compa...

In the pacific. jennifer griffin is live at pentagon with an update on that. >> reporter: what has pentagon officials baffled is china's gal opening defense budget. officially -- we don't know what china really spends. but officially according to its estimate. in the past 20 years china's defense expenditure has gone up 464% to nearly $100 billion in 2009. they added submarines to their navy compared to the u.s. which commissioned only one sub. and the ballistic missile that can sink an air craft carrier. >> this should be a wakeup call for the strategic complacency of those who believe the u....