--- title: President Obama's Final Press Conference: Watch Live description: President Obama's final press conference comes just two days before he hands over the reins of the White House to Donald Trump canonical: https://time.com/4637566/president-obama-final-press-conference-watch-live/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-18T15:45:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:46:58.826Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: President Obama's Final Press Conference og:description: The conference comes just two days before he hands over the reins to Donald Trump og:url: https://time.com/4637566/president-obama-final-press-conference-watch-live/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt315724b5e00d9cff/6988b5e497cdffe26c6af224/barack-obama.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Barack Obama Holds Farewell Address In Chicago og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: President Obama's Final Press Conference twitter:description: The conference comes just two days before he hands over the reins to Donald Trump twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt315724b5e00d9cff/6988b5e497cdffe26c6af224/barack-obama.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: President Obama's Final Press Conference by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jan 18, 2017 3:45 PM UTC  U.S. President Barack Obama gestures during his farewell address in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017\. Obama blasted "zero-sum" politics as he drew a sharp contrast with his successor in his farewell address Tuesday night, acknowledging that despite his historic election eight years ago his vision for the country will exit the White House with him. U.S. President Barack Obama gestures during his farewell address in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017\. Obama blasted "zero-sum" politics as he drew a sharp contrast with his successor in his farewell address Tuesday night, acknowledging that despite his historic election eight years ago his vision for the country will exit the White House with him.Christopher Dilts—Bloomberg / Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jan 18, 2017 3:45 PM UTC [President Obama](http://time.com/4632190/historians-obamas-legacy/) is set to hold the final press conference of his term on Wednesday afternoon, speaking just two days before welcoming [Donald Trump](http://www.thedrive.com/news/6993/why-donald-trumps-1-trillion-infrastructure-plan-actually-matters) to the [White House](http://time.com/money/4637396/donald-trump-tower-white-house/). The outgoing president is likely to face questions about [Chelsea Manning](http://time.com/4636935/president-obama-commute-chelsea-manning-prison-sentence/), whose sentence he commuted on Tuesday. The former U.S. Army soldier who leaked confidential documents to WikiLeaks will be released from prison in May, 28 years before her sentence was due to run out. After Friday’s inauguration, Obama is scheduled to vacation in Palm Springs, Calif., with First Lady Michelle Obama, [ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/obama-hold-final-presidential-press-conference/story?id=44836210) reports. They will then return to Washington, where they will live in a rented house until their younger daughter, Sasha, has completed high school. 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