--- --- # Watch Live: President Obama Awards Meryl Streep and Others the Presidential Medal of Freedom by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Nov 24, 2014 7:27 PM UTC by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Nov 24, 2014 7:27 PM UTC President Barack Obama is awarding [the Presidential Medal of Freedom](http://time.com/3602201/presidential-medal-freedom-summer/) to 19 people on Monday, including Meryl Streep, Tom Brokaw, Stevie Wonder and Stephen Sondheim. It’s the country’s highest civilian honor. Watch the ceremony above live. Watch Live: President Obama Awards Meryl Streep and Others the Presidential Medal of Freedom ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3603032/obama-presidential-medal-of-freedom/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3603032/obama-presidential-medal-of-freedom/"},"headline":"Watch Live: President Obama Awards Meryl Streep and Others the Presidential Medal of Freedom","datePublished":"2014-11-24T19:27:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:20:15.139Z","description":"President Barack Obama is awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 people on Monday, including Meryl Streep, Tom Brokaw, Stevie Wonder and Stephen Sondheim....","url":"https://time.com/3603032/obama-presidential-medal-of-freedom/","keywords":["White House"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"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":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3603032/obama-presidential-medal-of-freedom/","name":"Watch Live: President Obama Awards Meryl Streep and Others the Presidential Medal of Freedom"}}]}] ```