samer, would you agree? you mentioned earlier how the islamists face threats from their right as much as the left, so is this strategically a mistake by the nonislamist national salvation fund to consider this boycott given what may fill the vacuum? >> right. well, it's not a mistake certainly to consider the boycott, but it has to be said that boycotts are incredibly difficult to sustain and for them to be successful. boycotts are, essentially, a collective action problem in reverse. and what this means is that then there are increased incentives as jeff mentioned for defectors because be you defect and -- if you defect and others are not participating, there's a higher likelihood you're going to succeed and then be represented in greater numbers in any kind of parliament. and jeff is also very correct in pointing out that we've already seen indications that groups, parties like the left and others are likely to participate in the election. i think it needs to be also said that the question of boycott was i

maybe samer? >> sure. with regards to the last question and what can be done to overcome the consensus, i wish i had the answer. i wish that the relative balance of power coming out of the uprising would be slightly difference so that you had a situation where you did not have on one side and 20% secular liberal on the other side. possibly a little bit more thel power would increase likelihood of a consensus and so on. the only other thing i will say in response to the last question is that in some ways the impending election or the postponing of the election and the problems surrounding the election and the imf loan are related. one of the arguments that has is thate by the fund they cannot in good faith commit that does nott have broad-based consensus. meaning it is not approved by a legitimately elected parliament. until that transpires, they are giveoing to, you know, that package. there is much more going on than that and so on. that is certainly one aspect of it. the other aspect -- and this is maybe

michele and samer talked about this already. there was the jewel in the justice. -- you had vigilante justice. the state is falling apart. the security situation is terrible. samer can talk about it. he was just there. and the economic issues. look at the drop in foreign currency reserves. in many ways, the stakes are much larger. i can see your point. >> regarding the question about how would political parties be able to implement programs -- there are a couple of things. i already mentioned the need for creating political alliances across party lines. islamists, secularists, right, left -- i do not fancy that all of egypt can unite, but no one political party or force is going to be able to make things happen. we see some of the big things that have to happen. economic reform is desperately needed. someone has to address the hemorrhaging of the egyptian government budget. now they are letting the currency fall gradually. this must be done. it is urgent. and to do something to begin the process of restoring confidence of invest

samer jweinat operates a restaurant in pacifica and live in montara, on the other side of devil's slideelieves the new tunnells will be faster and safer for drivers. not only that but they will bring stability to his life the occasional closure of devil's slide had a big impact on his buisness. >> i just as soon that the tunnell never happened at all. richard balciuan's lives in montanar. he's less enthusiastic about the bypass. he's not convinced that the new tunnells are an improvement over the existing roadway. hopefully no one will get hurt because of the engineering of it. hopefully it will hold up. we're going to find out. along highway one, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> catherine: drivers who commute across the golden gate bridge are in for major changes next week. kron 4's dan kerman is at the golden gate bridge to tell us what to expect and how you can save a little money in the process. these toll takers will be gone. it will all be electronic tolling. fastrak subscriptions have been skyrocketing. take a look at the numbers. the fee for get and not to stop there is one to b

arm into doingmy this event, so thank you, and samer. michele and i will begin by rolling out the study that was released today, the type line was that egypt is not lost to islamists. islamists are increasingly competitive, in certain areas of the country, and should they choose to contest future elections, they are likely to pick up seats on their islamist rivals. before i walk you through that analysis, for those of you who do not follow the situation as closely, background is in order, which is after the january 25 revolution in 2011 that toppled mubarak, there were parliamentary it elections late 2011 and early 2012. that resulted in an islamist- dominated assembly in both that twa chambers. subsequently, a court decision dissolved the lower house, and now we were scheduled to have a rerun of elections for the parliament on april 22 of this year. again, there is an issue of the constitutionality of the election law. when we have those elections it remains in doubt, and whether the non-islamist opposition, which is for the most part o