--- ---  # Watch Live: President Obama's State of the Union Address by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jan 13, 2016 12:00 AM UTC  President Obama makes a statement in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Dec. 12, 2015 in Washington, DC. President Obama makes a statement in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Dec. 12, 2015 in Washington, DC.Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jan 13, 2016 12:00 AM UTC President Obama is appearing before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night for [the final State of the Union address of his presidency](http://time.com/4176658/barack-obama-final-state-union-analysis/). Amid [an improving economy](http://time.com/money/4171067/jobs-report-wages-unemployment-stocks/) but [disapproval of his handling of terrorism](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/12/us/politics/president-obama-seeks-balanced-message-on-terrorism.html), Obama is [expected to try to cement his legacy](http://time.com/4176800/what-obama-will-say-at-his-final-state-of-the-union/) in his last big national speech before attention turns entirely to the presidential race to succeed him. Obama’s State of the Union speech is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. E.T. and TIME will be streaming it live here. Watch it above. State of the Union 2016: Watch Live Stream Online ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4177735/state-of-the-union-2016-watch-live-stream-online/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4177735/state-of-the-union-2016-watch-live-stream-online/"},"headline":"Watch Live: President Obama's State of the Union Address","datePublished":"2016-01-13T00:00:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:00:49.221Z","description":"It's likely Obama's last big speech as president","url":"https://time.com/4177735/state-of-the-union-2016-watch-live-stream-online/","keywords":["White House"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41d48b133efbb9e0/698878d83c1639635b45b8a9/obama8.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":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41d48b133efbb9e0/698878d83c1639635b45b8a9/obama8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Barack Obama Speaks On Paris Accord","caption":"President Barack Obama Speaks On Paris Accord","creditText":"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":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4177735/state-of-the-union-2016-watch-live-stream-online/","name":"Watch Live: President Obama's State of the Union Address"}}]}] ```