--- title: Barack Obama Hosts Philadelphia Rally for Hillary Clinton description: President Barack Obama, will stump for Hillary Clinton at a rally in Philadelphia, the urban center of a battleground state canonical: https://time.com/4489380/watch-live-barack-obama-hillary-clinton-rally/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-13T15:24:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:38.593Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: President Obama Hosts Philadelphia Rally for Hillary Clinton og:description: Hillary Clinton is not expected to attend the rally og:url: https://time.com/4489380/watch-live-barack-obama-hillary-clinton-rally/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt319755da353916b6/6988a5c1bc6cfc6b343de8d6/gettyimages-602411058.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: President Obama Memorializes The 15th Anniversary Of The September 11th Attacks og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: President Obama Hosts Philadelphia Rally for Hillary Clinton twitter:description: Hillary Clinton is not expected to attend the rally twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt319755da353916b6/6988a5c1bc6cfc6b343de8d6/gettyimages-602411058.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: President Obama Hosts Philadelphia Rally for Hillary Clinton > Sponsored content. 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Leigh Vogel—WireImage President Barack Obama greets attendees after an observance ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial on the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on September 11, 2016 in Arlington, Virginia. Leigh Vogel—WireImage Leigh Vogel—WireImage by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Sep 13, 2016 3:24 PM UTC While Democratic presidential nominee [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4489094/clinton-illness-trump-white-house/?xid=homepage) is home recovering from pneumonia, her most powerful surrogate, President Barack Obama, will stump for her at a rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday. The candidate is not expected to attend the event. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Obama is determined to help Clinton win in November during Monday’s press conference. “We’re still a couple months from Election Day, and I know that the President is determined over the course of the next eight weeks or so here to make a forceful case in support of her campaign,” Earnest said. “He certainly believes that the stakes are high.” Obama’s presence on the campaign trail is particularly important for the candidate who recent polls have show is failing to excite voters leading up to the election. According to a recent [Washington Post/ABC News poll](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/12/barack-obamas-soaring-approval-numbers-are-very-good-news-for-hillary-clinton/), Obama’s approval rating is at 58% and it has hovered above 50 for most of 2016\. Obama can be especially helpful in efforts to turn out young voters and voters of color, who helped carry him to the White House in 2008 and 2012. The event starts at 1:45 pm. Eastern. 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