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[yi-ing]

Could you please help me to fill in the missing words?

"I think he was a brilliant social commentator, so he was an entertainer, he was a writer. But he also can get to the heart of any issue no matter what it was and he was to ??? speaker's mind and also examine himself and ??? thoughts on an issue."


http://www.manythings.org/voa/news/ (1:43)

 

[emsr2d2]

Something's gone wrong there. At 1:43 of the audio link you provided, the speaker is talking about Trump and Trudeau.

 

[yi-ing]

Oh! The site is updated with today news.
Please try the following link:
http://www.manythings.org/audio/news/

 

[jutfrank]

... and he wasn't afraid to speak his mind, and to also examine himself and his prior thoughts on an issue.