and later in the day there was some audio leaked and this is a free flowing nonteleprompter private fun raising event he held at mar-a-lago amongst friends. cnn leaked audio from that and the president made comments about xi jinping. the president of china. take a listen. >> xi is a great gentleman. he's now president-elect. president-elect. i think it's great. >> was that a laugh track? no, that was real laughter because it was a light hearted comment to a fundraiser. >> no press conch. this wasn't cnn's audio. this is like we had with mitt romney on the campaign trail, you remember, a secret recording, if you will, that was leaninged. leaked. it's interesting that we should