It's President Kirkman's first full day in office and the public are still reeling in the wake of a terrorist attack with Kirkman's staff debating over what to do next. There is little they can agree on.
Kirkman is encouraged by a U.S. Army General to go after a terrorist group, but Kirkman isn't convinced that they might be behind the attack.
In the meantime, FBI Agent Hannah Wells is finding evidence that leads her to believe that the bomb may be a setup to frame the wrong terrorist group.
Later, Kirkman is giving a speech at the site of the attacks when word breaks out that a Muslim teenager in Michigan is in critical condition after police begin targeting Muslim communities. It's quite moving to see the public turn against Kirkman so quickly.
Kirkman considers his staff's options on the matter. He eventually goes with a fourth option not lobbied by his staff to try to convince the Michigan Governor to stand down the police.
Meanwhile, it is revealed that the Republicans had their own equivalent of a designated survivor in Congresswoman Kimble Hookstraten to counter-balance the Democratic successor. I don't know if this would be smart for an opposing party to employ such a strategy because her position no longer seems to carry any weight, but this may be played out differently than expected.
The two surprisingly seem to get along so far, but what seems to be true on the surface may not turn out to be. The story is moved along while introducing more themes to explore.
Kirkman is encouraged by a U.S. Army General to go after a terrorist group, but Kirkman isn't convinced that they might be behind the attack.
In the meantime, FBI Agent Hannah Wells is finding evidence that leads her to believe that the bomb may be a setup to frame the wrong terrorist group.
Later, Kirkman is giving a speech at the site of the attacks when word breaks out that a Muslim teenager in Michigan is in critical condition after police begin targeting Muslim communities. It's quite moving to see the public turn against Kirkman so quickly.
Kirkman considers his staff's options on the matter. He eventually goes with a fourth option not lobbied by his staff to try to convince the Michigan Governor to stand down the police.
Meanwhile, it is revealed that the Republicans had their own equivalent of a designated survivor in Congresswoman Kimble Hookstraten to counter-balance the Democratic successor. I don't know if this would be smart for an opposing party to employ such a strategy because her position no longer seems to carry any weight, but this may be played out differently than expected.
The two surprisingly seem to get along so far, but what seems to be true on the surface may not turn out to be. The story is moved along while introducing more themes to explore.
