Watch Live: Biden marks Pride Month with speech and names Pulse a national memorial

President Joe Biden is delivering remarks at the White House on Friday to celebrate Pride Month, in a day of events intended to mark the contributions of LGBTQ Americans.

Mr. Biden will speak in the afternoon, after signing H.R. 49, which will designate the site of the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting as the "National Pulse Memorial." Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the first openly gay member of a president's cabinet, is expected to speak first. The president will be introduced by 16-year-old transgender advocate Ashton Mota of Lowell, Massachusetts, the White House said.