ELIZABETH'S STAFF TRIES TO SECURE AN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT TO PROTECT CLIMATE REFUGEES WHILE THEY ALSO WORK TO CONTAIN A GLOBAL MEASLES OUTBREAK THAT THREATENS THE LIFE OF DAISY'S DAUGHTER, ON "MADAM SECRETARY," SUNDAY, MARCH 24

"The Common Defense" - While Elizabeth is away on a retreat thinking about her presidential campaign, her staff tries to secure an international agreement to protect citizens who have been displaced due to global warming. Also, the staff works to contain a measles outbreak that threatens the life of Daisy's daughter, Joanna, on MADAM SECRETARY, Sunday, March 24 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

REGULAR CAST:

Téa Leoni (Elizabeth Adams McCord)
Tim Daly (Henry McCord)
Zeljko Ivanek (Russell Jackson)
Keith Carradine (President Dalton)
Sebastian Arcelus (Jay Whitman)
Patina Miller (Daisy Grant)
Geoffrey Arend (Matt Mahoney)
Erich Bergen (Blake Moran)
Kathrine Herzer (Alison McCord)
Wallis Currie-Wood (Stephanie "Stevie" McCord)
Evan Roe (Jason McCord)
Sara Ramirez (Kat Sandoval)

RECURRING CAST:

Tracee Chimo Pallero (Nina Cummings)
Sandra Daley (Adele Steele)

GUEST CAST:

Murray Bartlett (Australian Prime Minister Chris Lawson)
Paton Ashbrook (Tara Davis)
John Behlmann (Aaron Davis)
Joel De La Fuente (President Datu Andrada)
Tonye Patano (Verline Grant)
Barbara Walsh (Secretary Angela Tuggle)
Reshma Shetty (Dr. Nimmi Bahri)
Graham Rowat (Secretary Max Allen)
Jacqueline Torres (Esme Rubiano)
Tara Summers (Sophie Adams)
Cameron Seely (Annie Adams)
Toussaint Jeanlouis (Nelson)
Almeria Campbell (Dr. Kerry Still)
Simon Feil (Doctor)
Maria-Christina Oliveras (Francine Tan)
David Jachin Kelley (Aussie Border Officer)
Georgia Kate Haege (Nurse)
Mark Diconzo (DHS Team Leader Carl Burke)
Emmett Hunter (Crewman)
Armando Acevedo (Officer Torrez)

WRITTEN BY: Kristi Korzec

DIRECTED BY: Martha Mitchell