Live video: Obama delivers one final message of hope to nation he led for eight years

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Now an elder statesman, Barack Obama returned on Tuesday night to Chicago where he launched his unlikely political career for one final speech: a parting plea to Americans not to lose faith in their future, no matter what they think about their next president. Obama’s final speech as president, before thousands at McCormick Place, was his last chance to try to define what his presidency meant for America. The presidential farewell address continues a tradition established by the nation’s first president more than two centuries ago. It was in Chicago in 2008 that the America’s first black president declared victory, and where over the years he tried to cultivate his brand of optimism in American politics.

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