In 2008, he took the world by storm with one message: hope.
This is the story of Barack Obama.
This is the story of Barack Obama.
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00:00I am determined to make the most of every moment I have left.
00:06After the midterm elections, my advisors asked me,
00:09Mr. President, do you have a bucket list?
00:12And I said, well, I have something that rhymes with bucket list.
00:17Take executive action on immigration.
00:22Bucket.
00:24Bucket list.
00:46I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story,
00:51that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me,
00:54and that in no other country on earth is my story even possible.
01:21I grew up without my father around.
01:33He left when I was two years old.
01:35And even though my sister and I were lucky enough to have a wonderful mom
01:38and caring grandparents to raise us, I felt his absence.
01:42And I wonder what my life would have been like had he been a greater presence.
01:46Music.
02:14I've never seen politics as a game.
02:17From the day I decided to become a community organizer on the south side of Chicago
02:22over two decades ago, I've always seen politics as a mission,
02:28as the way we hold this country up to our highest ideals.
02:44Music.
02:56I didn't think that it was possible.
02:58But let me tell you, today I love my husband even more than I did four years ago,
03:03even more than I did 23 years ago when we first met.
03:07Let me tell you why.
03:09See, I love that he has never forgotten how he started.
03:14Music.
03:36Don't boom.
03:37Vote.
04:06Music.
04:15In the shadow of the old state capitol, where Lincoln once called on a house divided
04:21to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still live,
04:26I stand before you today to announce my candidacy
04:31for president of the United States of America.
05:01Music.
05:05I am so relieved that the whole birther thing is over.
05:10Laughter.
05:15I mean, ISIL, North Korea, poverty, climate change,
05:21none of those things weighed on my mind like the validity of my birth certificate.
05:28Music.
05:51When Trayvon Martin was first shot, I said that this could have been my son.
05:58Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.
06:06I think it's important to recognize that the African American community is looking at this issue
06:15through a set of experiences and a history that doesn't go away.
06:25Music.
06:54Music.
07:23Music.
07:38It has been an honor and a privilege to work side by side with you to strengthen our democracy.
07:47And with that, I just have two more words to say.
07:51Obama out.
07:53Laughter.