Barack Obama Shares Mission Behind New Presidential Library

Former President Barack Obama sits down with TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager for an exclusive interview about his new Presidential Library in Chicago, Illinois, and shares a first look inside. President Obama also discusses the mission to help the community shape their collective future and educate the next generation with an auditorium for public speakers, recording studios for artists, a basketball court, a playground for kids to play in and more. “The goal for me has been to create something that’s a living monument, not to me, but to this idea of American citizenship," he says.

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