thinking that he would come back and take pictures. clinton in the past had come back with the staff. and taken pictures. and that was, you know, really my thought. i had no idea he would say what he said. i thought it would -- he would say the same things he was saying in public. i had no idea it was going to be this big thing that it turned out to be. i had no idea. and i felt an obligation, in a way, to release it. i felt an obligation for all the people that can't afford to be there. you shouldn't have to be able to afford $50,000 to hear what a candidate actually thinks. >> prouty said he sat on the video for a couple of weeks and struggled with the idea of releasing it. he claims he didn't reveal his identity before the election because he didn't want to draw attention away from the video. >> and it got a lot of attention. this programming note. we're just days away from the launch of a new cnn show that will cover the world of politics and so much more.