--- description: President Obama will deliver his farewell address to the nation on Tuesday as his time in office comes to a close title: Watch Live: President Obama's Farewell Address in Chicago image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c478f4299d20ad0/6988b4dff887dce043e98a2d/barack-obama-farewell.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Live: President Obama Delivers His Farewell Address in Chicago by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jan 10, 2017 8:20 PM CUT  US President Barack Obama attends the Armed Forces Full Honor Review Farewell Ceremony for Obama at Joint Base Myers-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia, January 4, 2017. US President Barack Obama attends the Armed Forces Full Honor Review Farewell Ceremony for Obama at Joint Base Myers-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia, January 4, 2017.SAUL LOEB—AFP/Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jan 10, 2017 8:20 PM CUT [President Obama](http://time.com/4624166/presidential-farewell-addresses/ "undefined") will deliver his farewell address to the nation on Tuesday as his time in office comes to a close. Obama will [return to Chicago](http://time.com/money/4629285/barack-obama-spotify-job-president-of-playlists/ "undefined"), where he began his political career, to give the speech, which will reflect on his time as president and his thoughts on the future of the U.S. “Chicago’s where it all started,” Obama said in a [White House video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gC6G1K9YSY "undefined") that previewed the speech. “So, I’ll be thinking back to being a young community organizer pretty much fresh out of school and feeling as if my faith in America’s ability to bring about change and our democracy has been vindicated.” You can watch his speech above starting at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4629481/barack-obama-farewell-address-watch-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4629481/barack-obama-farewell-address-watch-live/"},"headline":"Watch Live: President Obama Delivers His Farewell Address in Chicago","datePublished":"2017-01-10T20:20:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:37:57.471Z","description":"He will return to Chicago to give the address","url":"https://time.com/4629481/barack-obama-farewell-address-watch-live/","keywords":["Barack Obama","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c478f4299d20ad0/6988b4dff887dce043e98a2d/barack-obama-farewell.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c478f4299d20ad0/6988b4dff887dce043e98a2d/barack-obama-farewell.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-POLITICS-MILITARY-OBAMA","caption":"US-POLITICS-MILITARY-OBAMA","creditText":"SAUL LOEB—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4629481/barack-obama-farewell-address-watch-live/","name":"Watch Live: President Obama Delivers His Farewell Address in Chicago"}}]}] ```