The new President Kirkman's Secret Service code name is 'Phoenix' meaning a bird that is born again from the ashes.
When Hannah briefs Atwood about what she discovered at Andrews Air Force Base, the abbreviation she uses, "UXO", is shorthand for "unexploded ordnance".
Mr. President Kirkman speaks through a bullhorn at the site of the terrorist attack, just like President Bush did at ground zero in '01.
This episode takes place on January 21, 2016.
Virginia Madsen plays a US Representative from Missouri. Six years earlier in The Event (2010), she played a US Senator from Alaska.