Designated Survivor

Previously on "Designated Survivor"...

I am so glad to have you back. I'm not coming back.

Well, I'll try and do the job as well as you did.

Do better.

Tell me everything you know about that woman.

We'll find her, and we'll make her pay.

It's not gonna bring my son back.

Claudine Poyet.

That's her.

I hereby authorize you

to use whatever means necessary

to find the people involved in this conspiracy

and bring them to justice.

Are you still up for this?

I haven't even gotten started yet.

Kirkman: Thank you. Thank you.

Please, everyone, take your seats.

Good morning.

All: Good morning.

In the brief time I have been in office,

we've experienced

an extraordinary amount of tragedy together.

Today, however,

I'd like to ask you to join me

in opening a new chapter in our history.

Most presidencies are judged by their first hundred days,

when a president rolls out his policy initiatives

for the next four years.

Circumstances denied us that initial opportunity,

but I am hoping today, with your permission,

to reset the clock.

I would like my first hundred days to begin now.

Over the coming weeks,

I will be announcing a broad agenda

to address critical issues throughout the nation,

issues that matter deeply to me...

How's he doing? Such as civil rights...

Twitter thinks he's crushing it.

Public education, healthcare, affordable housing,

job creation, climate change, immigration,

balancing the budget, and debt reduction.

Clearly, we have a lot of work to do.

I will be relying upon

the leadership of both houses

to work with me in a nonpartisan spirit,

putting country before party,

but I will also be relying

upon the good will and highest ideals of the American people,

which is why I'll be holding a town‐hall meeting this week

at the college of William and Mary

to begin what I hope will become a national discussion,

as together we reset the clock...

and work to build a better America.

Thank you.

Now, I'm expecting that you have some questions.

Please.

Mr. President, you mentioned you want to start a new chapter.

Does that mean you're putting the fight against terrorists,

like Al‐Sakar, on the back burner?

Absolutely not ‐‐ National security...

Does it ever weird you out that you and Dad are,

like... the President and the First Lady?

Responsibility to promote the general welfare...

Yes. Every day. Dictates.

That is all we're doing here.

We're getting back to governing.

We have a responsibility to meet the needs of all Americans.

So, uh... how long were you planning to stay?

Why, are you trying to get rid of me? What?

No, no, just the opposite.

I was thinking of getting you a better futon.

That's all. Oh, it's fine.

I'll probably only stay a couple days.

I just needed to be somewhere

where nobody would think to find me, you know?

Right.

So you said you ran Claudine Poyet's photo

through facial recognition?

Yeah, I thought Langdon's cellphone photo

would give us a better hit than yours,

but so far, nothing ‐‐ the woman's a ghost.

Ghosts are visions of the dead.

This woman is alive, and she has a name.

Yeah, well...

I could be a lot more impressive if, for once, you gave me more

than just the hint of a sliver of a clue to work with.

Well, I wouldn't want to spoil you.

What about the timeline of her relationship with Langdon ‐‐

retracing their steps?

Been there, done that, twice.

Chuck, what about fingerprints?

Yeah, that would be great if we had them.

Can you pull fingerprints off a photo?

The wine glass.

The resolution isn't exactly ready for prime time.

It's okay, just see what you can do.

Amazing. Here all week.

Run it through the IAFIS database.

Get me everything you can on her.

I know I've said this before,

but I think it's worth repeating.

It's not that we don't care about hot‐button issues.

It's just that we can't afford

to get bogged down by controversy

when Americans are worried about feeding their families

or the price of chemotherapy.

Seth, I've got the staff director

from the Senate Energy Committee.

He wants to know where the President stands on fuel cells.

Sure, tell him the President loved fuel cells

10 years ago, just like everybody else,

but the technology hasn't advanced,

so he'd like to stick to wind and solar.

Yes, we still think it's worth revisiting

raising the minimum social security age.

There's a lot of support from the group,

and we find ‐‐ No, that's radioactive.

Hi, this is Emily Rhodes, the White House Chief of Staff.

Who's this? Hi, Katie.

Social security will absolutely be addressed.

It just can't happen in the first hundred days.

Keep working on it, though.

Thank you.

Add social security

to things we will address

on day 101.

It kills me to run triage on issues

that are actually affecting people's lives.

Well, we need momentum,

and we're not gonna get it

by being divisive

right out of the gate.

Uh, folks, could I have your attention, please?

You know, if ‐‐ if we waste the goodwill

of the American people right now,

the President doesn't stand a chance in Hell

of getting anything done, okay?

Kirkman: Wow.

No pressure there.

Please, keep your seats.

Don't let me interrupt.

Hey, how's it going here?

Great, you hit it out of the park.

We're getting calls from Congress,

special interests, R. P. S ‐‐ real people.

People are excited to contribute to your new agenda.

Good.

The more public support we can build for you

before the town hall, the better.

That way, we can use it to pressure Congress

into supporting your agenda. Otherwise...

We don't have a chance in Hell.

Yeah.

Everyone, I'm sorry.

I know I said I didn't want to interrupt,

but I'm the President of the United States,

and I get to change my mind.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

passed 76 bills in his first hundred days.

If we can accomplish half of that ‐‐

hell, a third ‐‐

our government will be the phoenix rising from the ashes.

Keep it up. Thank you all.

Aaron Shore.

Alex: We can't pretend that anything is as it was

before the Capitol was attacked.

The very fact that I'm standing here before you

as First Lady should be proof enough of that.

But there are certain things

that haven't changed.

When it comes to men and women,

there are still

two different standards

for work‐life balance.

And don't even get me started

on the gender pay gap.

But it is my hope that as

community leaders, as mentors,

as mothers, daughters, partners,

we can lead this country

out of the ashes of tragedy

and into a more enlightened

future for all of us.

Thank you so much.

Chairwoman: Before we lose you,

we collected a few questions from the audience earlier,

if you don't mind.

Um, certainly.

First question, "Do you miss practicing law?"

Absolutely, yes.

It was and is a huge part of who I am,

but no complaints.

Public service is very much ingrained

in both Tom and myself.

Next question ‐‐.

"Considering our country recently witnessed"

two separate acts

of gun violence ‐‐

the death

of Vice President MacLeish,