Kristen Shaw

Vice President Mackenzie Allen unites the nation in the wake of the president's death, quelling her critics, who wanted her to resign to allow the Speaker of the House to succeed to the office.

Nathan Templeton plans to engineer a series of Cabinet resignations to overshadow Mackenzie's first official summit with the Russian president.

Nathan attempts to manipulate new President Mackenzie's first order of business, to pick a vice president.

On the ground in California, a man holds Air Force One hostage and demands to speak directly with the president, or he will blow up the plane.

Mackenzie faces her first national crisis when nine DEA agents are killed in Latin America; Nathan Templeton is offered potentially damaging information on Mackenzie's nominee for vice president.

As the president attempts to enjoy Thanksgiving, she must deal with military base closures in her home town, a death penalty case the Supreme Court will not hear and a visit from her mother.