Watch live: Biden holds joint press conference with Kenyan President William Ruto

President Biden is set to host Kenyan President William Ruto and his wife Rachel Ruto Thursday at the White House. 

The May 23rd visit will mark the 60th anniversary of U.S.-Kenya diplomatic relations, according to the Biden administration. Biden is expected to inform Congress that he will designate Kenya as a major non-NATO ally, a designation that comes with special privileges, according to a senior administration official.

The designation comes as Kenya has stepped up to lead the deployment of a multinational police force to Haiti, where armed gangs have taken over the capital of Port-au-Prince and have plunged the Caribbean nation into a humanitarian crisis.

The event is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. EDT.

Watch the video above.

[StinkyColas]

Who else feels the extreme second hand embarrassment from those responses? 😮 Huh?

[Sylvia-zgyh]

Preplanned questions and answers. Brandon had to read his script to much to remember

[jessetorres]

Trivia note: The U.S. game show The Amazing Race has been on for 36 Seasons, & yet they have been to Kenya for just 1 of them; Season 5 (which aired back in 2004).

[stephenosulis]

Ruto request for the US to provide more funding to the IMF and World Bank that loans money to African countries under the conditions of dictating policies that mandates how the leaders will govern.
Ruto isn't the African leader that the continent needs to represent its interest. He's self absorbed and believes in the West as his liberator without regard for what's in the best interest of Africa.
He's all over the place and has difficulty focusing on the problems Kenya is under going. Infrastructure development, food insecurity and inadéquate housing for the population.
He has shown his hand concerning what he believes the future of Africa should look like with him at the helm.
Africa needs a visionary not another puppet whose willing to go along to get along.
When Ruto refers to Hatian citizens as gangs and says forget about the past and move forward.
Haiti is under going this crisis as a result of France and US intervention in their hand picked leaders.
Africa for Africa

[evelineemmelinehuydic]

This is the raison all Haitians are going to vote for Trump. Because we are black Biden have to have a black country far away to come to Haiti to fixe the problem that the core group and Binuh created. Okay good luck.

[joelkinder]

When did we have President Harris again? How many years ago?

[Sylvia-zgyh]

I would love to get some seeds from those trees that grow billions for Biden to give away.

[jayhadcock]

Joe going to share some hot air Hope doesn't eat tacos and beans we might have a war on our hands 😳

[johnkroeger]

Is he bright clean educated you know like Obama