--- description: The President's briefing followings his phone call with Putin and the collapse of a ceasefire in Gaza. title: Livestream: Obama Speaks from the White House image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04185e4c3f492524/69869e2835ba6f0a03c0344a/barack-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Livestream: Obama Speaks from Martha's Vineyeard by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 1, 2014 6:35 PM CUT  President Barack Obama speaks to employees at the Department of Housing and Urban Development with Julian Castro, Secretary of U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on July 31, 2014 President Barack Obama speaks to employees at the Department of Housing and Urban Development with Julian Castro, Secretary of U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on July 31, 2014Andrew Harrer—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 1, 2014 6:35 PM CUT ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3071065/livestream-obama-speaks-from-marthas-vineyeard/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3071065/livestream-obama-speaks-from-marthas-vineyeard/"},"headline":"Livestream: Obama Speaks from Martha's Vineyeard","datePublished":"2014-08-01T18:35:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:28:15.111Z","description":"President Barack Obama is expected to address foreign policy issues followings his phone call with Putin and the collapse of a ceasefire in Gaza.","url":"https://time.com/3071065/livestream-obama-speaks-from-marthas-vineyeard/","keywords":["putin","Barack Obama","Israel","Immigration","Hamas","ceasefire","ukraine crisis"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04185e4c3f492524/69869e2835ba6f0a03c0344a/barack-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04185e4c3f492524/69869e2835ba6f0a03c0344a/barack-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Obama Delivers Remarks At The Department of Housing and Urban Development","caption":"President Obama Delivers Remarks At The Department of Housing and Urban Development","creditText":"Andrew Harrer—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/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3071065/livestream-obama-speaks-from-marthas-vineyeard/","name":"Livestream: Obama Speaks from Martha's Vineyeard"}}]}] ```