Tom meets with one of his predecessors, President Cornelius Moss, as Moss has offered to provide whatever assistance or advice he can. Tom's expectation is that the offer is primarily to provide a list of names for key positions and to use his moral suasion to convince those people to accept the positions that Tom decides. Tom is therefore taken aback by the overall tone of the meeting. Moss' arrival at the White House coincides with a growing problematic situation in the African country of Neruba, which if something is not done Tom predicts will be another genocide. Without UN support due to current geopolitical differences among security council members, the US may have to go it alone to prevent that genocide. The tensions are increased when it is discovered that a handful of American lives are at jeopardy. Moss' presence in the war room may demonstrate to Tom how much of his assistance Tom should accept or request in its entirety. Meanwhile, Langdon is sighted in meeting with Aaron. Langdon is eventually apprehended and brought in for questioning, most of the world still having believed that he died in the Capitol bombing. Despite having some hand in what happened the fateful Capitol bombing day, Langdon professes that he did not have any intentional complicity in the matter. Tom, with professional advice from Hannah, John and Mike, has to decide how much of Langdon's story to believe and how to move forward. The Langdon situation and rumors among some of the White House press corps prove to be difficult for Aaron, who makes a unilateral decision as to his immediate future.
—Huggo