it is really up to them. >> that january 11th news conference date would have the president-elect speaking to the media just after president obama's january 10th farewell address. and the president will continue a tradition that stretches all the way back to george washington in 1796 when he gives the farewell address. from chicago next week, president obama announced his final speech before he leaves office. it will be on tuesday, january 10th, at the mccormick place, the same venue of the 2012 election night celebration. obama said in an e-mail to supporters he's just starting to write his remarking but quote, i'm thinking about them as a chance to say thank you for this amazing journey to celebrate the ways you have changed this country for the better these past eight years. and offer some thoughts on where we all go from here. now, many speculate the president will use the speech in part to make one last public appeal to preserve the signature achievements of his presidency like the affordable care act. >>and as donald trump prepares to take office, a new gallop poll finds amerins are less