shootings since then. the u.s. president, barack obama, will make a solemn visit in a little more than an hour's time to the site of the bombing of the u.s. embassy in nairobi, kenya, in 1998. earlier, the american president told attendees at a business summit that entrepreneurship is the spark of prosperity and he is encouraging kenyans to seize it. mr. obama will also meet his kenyan counterpart, thank you hurry you kenyatta later in the day. jim acosta has more on the president's trip to africa. >> reporter: he is the president whose biography is known across the world -- a mother from kansas and a father from kenya. and now, mr. obama returns to his father's homeland for his first trip as president, a visit aides say he has eagerly awaited. >> he's certainly looking forward to his trip to kenya and giving him a chance to reconnect as president. he hasn't been there for a while. >> reporter: still, the president's planned stops in both kenya and ethiopia are not