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Monica kidder was found dead in her cell

by apparent suicide within the past hour.

An extraordinary final twist in a day that has already

as the nation has learned

that one of its most successful businesspeople was behind

one of the most horrific attacks in the history of this country.

She is now believed to have orchestrated the massive zero day attack

in apparent retaliation...

Push a quote from an FBI source familiar with the investigation.

Got it.

"The bureau had become increasingly concerned with kidder's radical rhetoric

in the weeks before zero day."

The only possible explanation I can think of

is that kidder tonight opted to end her own life,

as she must've concluded the evidence against her was overwhelming.

I think this is as close to a confession...

Did we do this?

- Did we? - We?

We didn't do anything.

And if you're worried about the death of a autistic sociopath,

you haven't been paying attention.

Jesus Christ.

This only breaks our way if the trail stops at her.

Please, just shut the fuck up, Jerry.

Please. Does anybody actually think that this is going to play?

That Monica kidder is the end of all of this?

She had the means and the motive. She did do the things she's accused of.

The rest is becoming truth. That's all that matters.

It's not the truth. My father is not gonna go for that.

- Do you know something? - I know him.

So long as there's a single loose thread, he's gonna keep pulling at it.

- We have this under control. - Have we ever had this under control?

One minute of system shock, that's what you said.

A few months with the right power in the right hands

and the country's back on track by Christmas.

You have been wrong about every single thing.

I'll be the first to admit that things have not gone to plan.

But here we are.

And we have to remember what we set out to accomplish.

To cut off the political fringe on both sides.

To expose a vulnerability that has been mistaken for freedom.

To restore a shaken faith in our ability to govern.

And despite your father's every attempt to fuck it all up,

we are finally close to being able to do all of it.

What we need to do is take a breath.

Come tomorrow, there will be no more loose threads to pull.

- It's being handled. - Handled. Like Monica kidder.

We have to come clean.

Anything else we do at this point will make it worse.

I'm going to remind you, Alex, that we have partners in this.

And their idea of coming clean is not something you want to contemplate.

I know you're struggling with this. We all are.

But we owe it to the American people to finish this.

I'll call a car and get you home.

No...

No, I'll get my own ride.

We've just heard from a source within the FBI.

I'm gonna quote it because I want to get it right.

"The bureau had been increasingly concerned about kidder's radical rhetoric

in the weeks before the zero day attack,

with her oft-stated concerns regarding the proposed regulation of panoply..."

How long have they been out for?

Then find whoever's in charge of maintaining the cell cameras.

He's right here.

I'm putting you on speaker, Mr. Pennington.

Go ahead.

Now that we're in panoply's system, we can see exactly how kidder modified

the NSA's design and how she spread the malware so widely.

Kidder's apps, they're on 80% of the phones in america.

So they push the bug out via automatic updates.

From there, it jumps to any device that it comes into contact with

via Bluetooth, USB, anything.

The coding itself is extraordinarily elegant.

It has an AI engine that lets it learn new operating systems.

Could she really have done this on her own?

She has the technical expertise.

She had the help of a few hardcore loyalists.

- No question she was capable. - No, that's not what I was asking.

There's no reason to doubt this isn't exactly what it looks like.

Sociopathic billionaire doesn't like uncle Sam taking away her toys,

so she tears the whole house down.

And then she conveniently hangs herself before anybody can ask her any questions.

- Give us a call every hour with an update. - Yes, sir.

Everybody seems to be getting on board with this.

Last night, you said that she was too smart.

To take this kind of a risk, yeah.

It's Alex.

- Mom. - Your father's here too.

I'm coming up to the house. I need to talk to you, to... both of you.

- What's going on? You okay? - I'm fine.

I'm fine. I... I... I'll explain when I see you.

Be careful.

Alex. Alex.

Code orange! Code orange!

What about now?

That's a minute.

- Nothing's coming back on. - Sir, ma'am.

We're bringing the cars around front. I'm afraid we need to relocate you.

That's ridiculous. The generator's gonna kick in.

There's been a threat.

I was on my way to brief you when this happened.

To this location, specifically.

- What kind of threat? - Extremist, ma'am.

The crowd outside's already getting frothy.

Motion sensors, cameras, they're all down.

There's no guarantee they'll work even with power. We need to not be here.

Let's go.

Police stations are down.

- What do we got? - We're compromised.

Power grid, cellular networks, faa, mass transit.

It's the same scope and scale, only it's persistent this time.

Not the same. This time, we know exactly how this bug works.

- Where are we on the next patch? - We just started.

Last update, the team was at least a day away.

- Tell them they've got an hour. - Sir?!

Not for every system, just the grid. Let's get the lights back on,

then transportation systems.

We are gonna troubleshoot this the old-fashioned way.

One fail point at a time.

Right this way. Watch your step.

What's the plan?

The closest secure facility.

National guard training base in cortland, 20-minute drive.

Lock him up! Fuck George mullen!

Lock him up! Fuck...

We're... getting through that?

We have no choice, sir.

Do it carefully.

All right, clear a path, guys.

Alex.

We'll find her.

Lock him up! Fuck George mullen!

Stand clear of the driveway!

Lock him up! Fuck George mullen!

- Open the gates. - Opening.

- Tear gas on standby. - No. No tear gas.

That's negative on tear gas.

Push the line back! Out of the way!

Hey! Hey!

Hold the perimeter, guys.

We can't hold it! They're breaking through!

- Guys, hold the perimeter. - Negative! Perimeter breached!

- Keep moving. - Don't run them over.

- Well, we need to push through this. - You can't, Tom.

It's just a bottle.

We lost sight of you guys. Can you exit?

Fuck you!

Back up! Everybody move!

Hey! Back off!

- Stop! - I can't get...

Got 'em.

Hello, George.

Prince 594 confirm, over.

Prince 594.

Prince, Emmett Kelly has been retired, over.

Prince, do you copy?

Confirmed. Emmett Kelly retired, over.

Proceeding with the remainder of the cleanup, over.

Affirmative, over.

Seems like they bought it.

You're a dead man.

For the time being, anyway.

When the lights come back on,

we'll spread the word on social, push out some blurry video.

CIA isn't authorized to operate on U.S. soil.

I'll overlook it this time.

What are you doing here?

When you arrested kidder, I thought it was about time we had another chat.

It's a good thing I did.

Let's just say

president Mitchell and I had an interest in you and your well-being.

We had strong reason to believe

the zero day plot involved actors from inside the government.

At the highest level.

Dreyer?

We thought it was possible.

How far does it go? Who else?

We're not sure.

But far enough we couldn't trust the normal channels.

We needed someone out of the game, like you, to find out for us.

To be honest, I was starting to think we made a terrible mistake.

At Langley, I tried to bring you in, but it was like you didn't hear me.

Then at the presser, you bring up proteus.

After Valerie came to see me, I started to put it together.

George,

if someone is using proteus on you, it isn't us, and it never was.

I know that.

These next few hours, this is the endgame.

I need to know that you're okay, George.

Lily, go up to your room.

- What... mom? - Go, go, go.

Hi.

These men will keep us safe, but we need to come inside.

Where's George?

It's just a few blocks. I think it's better if we walk.

- All right. - I'll be right behind you, sir.

Let's go!

That's right. We should be pushing out the grid patch shortly.

- Hoping within the hour. - Okay, after that, comms is the priority.

Credible information combats panic. We need to tell people help is on the way.

Ma'am, on that...

There's been some radio traffic.

Claims that something happened to president mullen.

Power, then comms.

Keep the team focused.

Thanks, Daniel.

- I can come up with you. - No, I'm just gonna grab some stuff.

- Then I want to head upstate. - I'll be waiting right here.

Thanks.

My...

You wanted to tell me something,

but I can't imagine anything that makes sense to me now.

Okay.

We...

We were trying to fix things.

We? Who's we? You and dreyer?

It wasn't just dreyer.

By the time he came to me, there were a dozen members behind him.

- From both sides. - So it was their idea?

Kidder.

She said that she could scare people.

In just one minute, she could remind everybody how vulnerable we are,

how fragile we are, and that makes sense. It does. It makes sense

that if you can remind people what's really important,

then maybe they'll tune out all the noise and the bullshit and the lies,

and we can go back to actually hearing each other.

So we let it happen because it made that point for us.

It made it better than we ever could have made it,

but I did not know that anybody was gonna die. I didn't...

Yeah.

So you associated yourself with Robert lyndon.

Fucking lyndon is a parasite. I didn't know lyndon was involved in this.

Think about it.

When is the last time the country was able to solve any of its problems? When?

Because we haven't passed a single piece of legislation in 18 months.

You wouldn't believe all the things dreyer said he was willing to work with me on

if he didn't have to worry about these nuts in his party coming after him.

It went too far.

When Mitchell gave you the commission, we were just stuck.

- This is not the answer. - We took a big chance...

To change things for the better.

Yes, a change for the better.

- What you do about that is you work at it. - Look around you.

The world that you think you understand, it doesn't even exist anymore.

The worst part about that is I used to think that you couldn't help it,

that you didn't know how broken everything is,

but I think I'm wrong. I think you do know.

- I think you know and don't want to see. - Things are always broken.

- This holier than thou... - We try to fix them.

It's just a massive fucking dodge so you don't have to get your hands dirty.

That's true. So you don't have to help any real people.

Easier said than done.

You don't have to solve any actual problems.

- I did! - You didn't!

- I did what I knew was right. - You should've done more!

You're oversimplifying everything!

- Then maybe we all could've done more! - You're damn right, but we do our best!

I hear you, okay? I hear you.

Tell me what to do right now.

Tell me what to do right now. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

If you tell me what to do right now, I will do it. I will do it.

- Dad, please, please. - Yeah.

I promise, I will do it if you tell me what to do.

I will do it.

That's it?

That's it! That's it!

Got it! Yes!

Okay, okay, let's focus up.

I want comms up next.

As the commission continues its work to restore downed systems,

cyber experts predict this second attack was a last gasp from kidder,

a poison pill triggered from beyond the grave.

Perhaps with the assistance of

sorry, I'm just now receiving an update.

We have breaking news now and...

It's terrible, if true.

As the lights come back on in many cities,

we are hearing reports that commission head George mullen

was the target of an attack near his home outside New York.

The beloved former president may have been the victim of an attack

by radicalized supporters of Evan green, who you will remember was detained...

No word yet on the condition of former first lady, Sheila mullen.

If you are just joining us,

that is former president George mullen currently missing

and feared dead at this hour.

They got to "feared dead" quickly.

- Yeah. - Mom?

Lily. Honey, I...

Hi.

I'm Sheila.

Come... come join us. This is my friend, Sheila.

We're just... watching some...

Your thoughts, Jonathan, if these reports turn out to be accurate?

I didn't always agree with George mullen,

but I don't think anyone can dispute his patriotism.

This is a guy who came out of retirement to serve.

I'm sorry. I'm told we have house speaker dreyer. Let's go to that.

- About former president mullen? - Mr. Speaker?

Devastated, heartbroken, if these reports turn out to be true.

George mullen was devoted to defending america

from the kind of misguided extremism that motivated the zero day attacks,

and that apparently has cost him his life.

George and I served on opposite sides of the aisle.

We argued often, fought even,

but we always agreed on one thing,

that this is the greatest country on earth,

and it's worth doing anything to defend it.

Now, if you'll excuse me, the president has called me to the white house.

- What happened to the commission? - What's next for the commission?

I expect the president and I will be discussing that.

But right now, all our thoughts should be with the mullen family

and the millions of families affected by tonight's attack.

If George mullen has, in fact, been assassinated,

it's a terrible loss from which we will not soon recover.

But his death is

but one casualty in the war against our enemies.

A war that has only just begun.

- Thank you. - This way, sir.

Hello?

That was touching.

You and I need to meet.

In person.

Beautiful.

In the light, it is.

You and I...

We're actually on the same side. You know that?

All I know is that you're gonna go to prison for a long time.

A decade ago, maybe.

Today, I'm not so sure.

- Treason's still a capital offense? - Treason implies a betrayal.

Everything I've done has been out of loyalty.

Loyalty to the same things that you claim to care about so deeply.

And the thousands of people that died in these attacks?

You violated your oath, and you've done irreparable damage to this country.

No, I gave it a last chance to save itself.

How many years do you think we have left?

With half the country caught up in a fever dream of lies and conspiracy,

the other half shouting about pronouns and ranking their grievances?

Destroying democracy is not the way to save it.

Does chemo destroy the patient when it rids them of cancer?

And so you decide what the cancer is?

You know what the cancer is.

The white nationalists ranting about being replaced.

The anarchists shouting, "abolish the police."

The delusional that think an election is open to interpretation.

Not to mention clowns like Evan green

who dole out their poison online and on television just to make a buck.

And the commission can solve all that?

Properly utilized, its powers can.

Temporarily and surgically deployed.

If Mitchell had made the obvious move, the smart move,

and given me the reins, we'd already be on the other side of this.

Every dictator that ever seized power always said it's just temporary.

And you know what was left when they were finished?

Graveyards and ruins. Every single time.

Stand there and pass judgment on me all you want.

But what's happening in this country isn't a rough patch.

It's an emergency. If we don't do something drastic soon, we're finished.

Your daughter understood that.

My daughter has made a lot of mistakes, but the biggest one was believing you

and that you care about anything other than yourself and your own power.

Your daughter's a hero.

I know what she thinks about me deep down,

but she was willing to put all that aside for the greater good.

She saw what we could accomplish if we worked together.

- You should be proud of her. - Call your lawyer.

Tell him you're being arrested.

Not tonight.

You want to disband the commission

to end all this and slowly euthanize the country?

I can't stop you.

Maybe you really are that blind.

But here's what's gonna happen.

I'll step down when my term is up, and I'll make sure the others do too.

You've already got kidder, and you can hype up lyndon's role all you want

because he's never coming back.

It ends there.

- Bad guys lose, everyone goes home happy. - This isn't a negotiation.

It isn't?

Because... any other way,

you're putting a rope around your daughter's neck.

Like you said, George,

treason's still a capital offense.

Are you really willing to do that to your daughter?

Is your wife willing to let you?

Joining us now, commission spokesperson, Melissa kornblau.

Thank you for having me.

As you can see by the quick restoration of services after the second attack,

the American people can rest assured

the zero day malware is no longer a threat.

Former president mullen will be delivering the commission's final report tomorrow,

at which point he will be addressing the steps that we've taken to ensure

our country's future cybersecurity,

as well as our conclusions about who is ultimately responsible.

Morning, sir. We just got a call.

President Mitchell is touring some recovery sites in the city today.

Apparently, she wants to come by and see you.

- Here at the house? - Yeah, around 11.

Not our only visitor today.

Alex... wanted to see me later.

What'll you tell her?

The same thing you did, that I love her.

Well, I meant about tomorrow.

That you haven't slept or eaten in days, and I don't know anything.

George, whoever she is and whatever she's done, we raised her,

and we have to take some responsibility for that.

I can't lose... another child.

Madam president.

So this is what purgatory looks like?

Yeah.

Sit down. Sit down.

I hope you don't mind the imposition.

I find that my office has a tendency to discourage candor.

From both its visitors and its occupants, apparently.

You could've said more in that first meeting.

Maybe.

But, when sharing information,

what we suspect, what we know,

what we can prove, those are all very different things,

and ultimately all less important

than what the listener is willing to believe.

What do you think the American people are willing to believe?

The question of the hour.

I hear that the commission's report is still a work in progress.

I'm guessing that you're facing some terrible decisions.

Is that why you're here, to make sure my judgment isn't clouded?

Actually, I'm here to say that I'm sorry.

Yes, I held some things back,

but I had no idea it might turn out to be this personal.

People trust you... to do the right thing.

Whatever you say in that report will be the truth in their minds.

The truth is the truth.

Maybe.

The last time you spoke to a joint session

was to announce that you weren't running again.

I heard the rumors then,

that it was about more than just your son's passing.

About an affair.

To be that reckless, and with your own chief of staff,

and then to lie about it to the American people,

I never bought it.

Not for a second.

But later I began to wonder

if there was more to it than just an affair.

If you kept it all quiet, not for your own sake,

but to protect someone innocent

who didn't deserve all that pain.

And this I can believe

because the truth

is the truth,

but it's not always the most important thing.

Now, you once told me something that I never forgot.

You said that our job is to govern the country as it is,

not as we wish it was.

The public finds out how deep this really went,

right at this moment,

I don't think we survive that.

We have an obligation to protect the American people.

Maybe a guilty conscience is the least we can bear for them.

You stop the coup. We pin this on kidder alone.

It doesn't bother you that people might never know that?

Dreyer's office is already telling reporters that he's retiring,

leaving on a high note.

Unlike you, I want a second term,

and the road to that just got a whole lot easier.

There's a lot of good to do still.

Mistakes I've learned from that I can correct.

That's the truth that matters most to me.

Four more years.

I promise there'll be enough time for unfinished business.

Thank you.

Mr. Speaker.

Ms. Whitesell.

This is quite the high-class delivery service.

"Report on the investigation into the zero day cyberattack

on the United States of America."

- Weighty stuff. - Go ahead.

Take your time.

Your boss is a very wise man.

I've always admired him.

Mitchell's team suggests a joint session to present it.

Bipartisan display embracing the results

shows the country is moving forward.

Fine by me.

Former president mullen expected here first

to thank commission staffers for their work.

He's then expected to go to Washington.

Sources on the hill who've seen advanced copies of the report

confirm that Monica kidder was the mastermind behind the attack.

Additionally, mullen is expected to propose new cybersecurity measures

for congress to consider.

Good morning, sir.

Just over a month ago, each of you answered a call to service.

And in just the last week, in a few short hours,

you brought us back from catastrophe, saved countless thousands of lives.

This country and I personally

owe you all an enormous debt of gratitude.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Good job.

Carl.

- Mr. President. - How are you feeling?

- Never better. - Good.

I added a few more footnotes.

Sir, if I may,

I understand the investigation uncovered additional angles.

This is what we're going with.

Okay.

- It's been an honor, sir. - Me too.

- Lab examined it all night. - And?

Debris of indeterminate origin.

Could be an electronic device that was attached to the feeder.

Could be junk that accidentally fell into the seed at the factory.

All the stress, all the pressure,

all at once.

Being back at the white house, where Nick passed.

Doctors say that could explain it.

Top-secret neurological weapon

or just a... Tired old man with too many demons.

Does it really matter?

Yeah.

And... Lily?

I told her everything, the truth.

Whatever happens now, it's gonna be up to her.

Yep.

- You sure about this? - I am.

I'll be watching.

- Mr. President. - Is she here?

She left half an hour ago. Actually, not sure for where.

Asked me to give you this, though.

Thank you. Always a pleasure.

- Tommy. Congresswoman, good to see you. - Can I have a word?

I'll see you inside. How are you, Bob?

She's gone.

Alex.

I guess she didn't want to watch her father lie for her.

As you can see, the chamber nearly filled.

Members of the house, the senate,

and I believe that's the secretary of defense

now taking his seat

as we await former president George mullen

and the final word on what has been a tumultuous time in this country.

- Mr. Speaker. - And here we go.

The former president of the United States, George mullen.

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice president, chief justice,

members of the United States congress and the cabinet,

my fellow Americans.

Not long ago, this country was attacked,

not by bombs or planes, but by computer code,

a new kind of war, both destructive and terrifying.

Those responsible flew no flag,

made no demands, and made no claim of responsibility.

They hid like cowards in the shadows.

But this country, as it always has, Rose to the challenge.

You, its people, rallied together,

and this congress acted immediately to authorize a special body,

the zero day commission,

tasked with hunting down those responsible.

Tonight, I stand before you to share the findings of that commission.

It remains our conclusion

that the cyber weapon used on zero day

was originally developed by our own national security agency.

Earlier this week,

my team and I delivered our final report to president Mitchell and speaker dreyer,

laying out in full detail all the evidence that validates these conclusions.

Evidence that also points to the roles Monica kidder and Robert lyndon played.

George, are you all right?

Those are... those are the facts.

Those are the facts, but not the truth.

It's funny.

When you lose someone...

Someone you really love, something that really matters.

They're never really gone. They're never really lost.

They won't let you ignore them.

And you know what?

The truth is like that.

It can be hard to find, sometimes even harder to face,

but always worth the effort.

And the truth tonight

is that some of this country's most powerful people

chose to give up on it.

They saw the division, the bitterness.

Heard the countless, endless, blatant lies.

And they convinced themselves

that the only way to fix it was to scare you

into giving away your freedom.

They thought that if they had more power, they could get rid of our problems for us.

Well, my own daughter hoped for that too.

And she left this for me.

This... I know is real.

"The greatest honor of my life was when the people of my district

chose me to represent them in the United States congress."

"My greatest regret is that I did not live up

to the faith they placed in me."

"I betrayed my oath, and I lost my way."

"I realize now the way to silence the voices that are poisoning this country

is not by throwing them in a cell."

"It's to stop listening."

"The way to solve our problems is to look for common good."

"Not wins."

"The way forward is to confront hard truths."

"Not hide from them."

"Which is why I will not hide."

"I will turn myself in

and face justice."

The zero day attack was a conspiracy led by house speaker Richard dreyer.

He was joined by members of this body from both sides of the aisle.

Among them, congressman Jerry Benson.

Congresswoman Barbara rollins.

Senator Max trillin.

Senator pat bishop.

And congresswoman Alexandra mullen.

But they are not the only ones.

There are most certainly more conspirators from within government and outside it.

We must find them.

The zero day commission ends tonight, but not its work.

It is my hope that president Mitchell will now use every constitutional tool

she has to bring this country's enemies to justice,

no matter who they are.

May god watch over those who now pick up the fight,

and may he always bless the United States of America.

You self-righteous son of a bitch. I hope you're proud of yourself.

You just destroyed the country.

Every time we can do the right thing, it's another chance to save it.

Mullen has delivered an absolute bombshell tonight,

upending everything we thought we knew about...

We're now receiving reports that congresswoman Alexandra mullen

may already be in custody.

FBI sources indicate the director will appoint a task force

to investigate speaker dreyer

and other members of congress now implicated in the conspiracy.

Leaving the country to face a difficult but essential task

of confronting the enemy within and bringing them to justice.

An extraordinary turn as mullen has spared no one,

including his own daughter, in laying out...