what else is happening? reporter: absolutely. this is day one of this two-day election. people are lining up despite the awfully hot egyptian summer heat. they re here to cast their ballots. people tell us that they re still excited they have a choice in who will be the next president. it is not a right they had after decades of dictatorship in this country. there are two candidates they can pick from. one is a former air force general and the former prime minister are appointed by the former dictator. another is a candidate from the muslim brotherhood. and earlier today, we got a sense of what people think voters think about these two candidates. take a listen. who did you vote for? for shavic. yes. i know that many people like him because he s from the previous government. at least he has connected to be president, you know? who did you choose? i want democracy. i hate any man like hosni. reporter: the problem here is this is coming at a very tesh lent ti turbul