mr. zarate: very good. let's also talk about another party that may have paid attention to that, north korea. director pompeo: i want to clean that up a little bit. but not much. i may double down into trouble. what i mean by that is this is a decision-making process that was and trulythoughtful, based on a factual understanding of the geostrategic importance of the things that are facing our nation today. we have someone violent a chemical weapons treaty. this is not insignificant. so i do think the arabians ought to take note of the fact that this administration that is prepared to engage in a 50's that aren't from what america has been doing these past few years. mr. zarate: was there a calculus to do this at a time when there was a meeting with the chinese leadership in florida? director pompeo: you know, how much more time do we have ve?stion mark -- we had this isin fact something we worked as quickly as we could to respond in a way that was connected to the threat that was presented. connected, to wa

mr. zarate: let me ask this one. what if any effort will be made to collect more intel money laundering? director pompeo: always more to do. on with our partners at the treasury and other places, too. it will continue to be important. there is always a cyber element and a banking comment to this and almost human -- as well as human intelligence, so you can get to that electronic solution. it is critical that we get that right so that we can track the money flow around the world as well. as a result of that make good decisions about networks, about sanctions and all of the other tools that the president has. mr. zarate: let me combine a couple more of these questions. the ideology of radical islam, the first question is is there a clear strategy for dismantling the ideas of radical islam is the question. and what can the cia do to mitigate recruitment of americans online to commit terrorist acts? director pompeo: i don't have much to say about the first one. it is certainly an aura but not at the center of the mission

mr. zarate: director, thank you for the time and thank you for the honor of being here. let's all join and strength of -- thanked the director for his time. [applause] ♪ month, we're featuring our studentcam winners in c-span's video documentary competition for middle and high school students. this year, students told us the new urgent issue for the president and congress. our second prize high school winner is an 11th grader from phoenix, arizona. sofia taglienti is a student at the metropolitan arts institute. teachers retention is called, "a heart for teaching." take a look. >> i have come up with a process, the bore process. ♪ >> continue on with this story. the one thing i think the president and congress can do to improve our education system is focused on our teachers. their development, and making sure that in the classrooms and their schools, they have the proper support systems to be successful. ♪ >> we are facing a crisis, where receipt really high levels of teachers who are living the profession in the first five years. lower seeing actually numbers of young