on sunday night, approximately three dozen islamists were being -- while this morning, at least 24 offduty egyptian policemen were killed in an ambush in the sinai peninsula. how exactly to recalibrate america's relationship with a key player in the middle east. >> there are no good choices in egypt. the fact is, there's no good guys here. but there's more opportunity to protect american interests if we work with the military. >> joining us now from cairo is nbc news fornt correspondent amman mojadine. is there a sense, given the chaos on the ground right now that the europeans may have more leverage in terms of determining an outcome here or at least calming the violence that has erupted in the last week? >> well, certainly if you speak