--- title: State of the Union 2016: Watch Live Stream Online description: The White House will stream Obama's final SOTU address at 9 p.m. EST canonical: https://time.com/4173303/watch-state-of-the-union-online/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-12T12:00:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:04:41.168Z article:section: Politics og:title: How to Watch Obama's Last State of the Union Online og:description: The White House will stream the speech at 9 p.m. EST og:url: https://time.com/4173303/watch-state-of-the-union-online/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd087051014e6f87d/69887841a988ca24696b6079/gettyimages-501896588.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 Holds Press Conference At White House og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How to Watch Obama's Last State of the Union Online twitter:description: The White House will stream the speech at 9 p.m. EST twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd087051014e6f87d/69887841a988ca24696b6079/gettyimages-501896588.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How to Watch Obama's Last State of the Union Online > Sponsored content. 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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media at his year end press conference in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House December 18, 2015 in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Jan 12, 2016 12:00 PM UTC President Obama will give his final State of the Union address on Tuesday. The White House is making a stream of the speech available online at its [website.](https://www.whitehouse.gov/SOTU) Obama is expected to reflect on his time in office and set the tone for his last year, but aides have already described this year’s speech as “non-traditional.” In a teaser video released Wednesday, Obama says he wants to focus on “not just the remarkable progress we’ve made, not just what I want to get done in the year ahead, but what we all need to do together in the years to come: The big things that will guarantee an even stronger, better, more prosperous America for our kids. That’s what’s on my mind.” The broadcast begins at 9 p.m. Eastern on television and online at [the White House site.](https://www.whitehouse.gov/SOTU) You can also watch it here on TIME. ## Transcript [ SOUND ] Mr. Speaker, the President of the United States! [ APPLAUSE ] You don't need to hear another list of statistics to know that our economy is in crisis because you live it every day. That's why I've asked Vice President Biden to lead a tough, unprecedented oversight effort. Because nobody messes with Joe. We will rebuild. Jobs must be our number one focus in 2010. Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the flood gates for special interests, [ APPLAUSE ] Including foreign corporations, to spend without limit in our elections. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] Two years after the worst recession most of us have ever known, the stock market has come roaring back. Corporate profits are up. The economy is growing again. The state of our union is getting stronger. And we've come too far to turn back now. We got rid of one rule from 40 years ago, that. Could have forced some dairy farmers to spend $ 10, 000 a year proving that they could contain a spill, because milk was somehow classified as an oil. With a rule like that it was worth crying over spilt milk. [ LAUGH ] [ APPLAUSE ] Now together We have cleared away the rubble of crisis. Gabby Giffords deserves a vote, the families of Newtown deserve a vote, and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence, they deserve a simple vote. In the short time that I've been in Washington, nothing has frustrated me more than false choices like the one the president laid out. [ SOUND ] [ APPLAUSE ] For the first time in over a decade, business leaders around the world have declared that China's no longer the world's number one place to invest. America is. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] Now, one of the biggest factors in bringing more jobs back is our commitment to American energy. Our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999. I've seen something like gay marriage go from a wedge issue used to drive us apart to a story of freedom across our country. I have no more campaigns to run. My only agenda [ APPLAUSE ] I know because I won both of them. My only agenda for the next two years is the same as the one I've had since the day I swore an oath on the steps of this capital. 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