we had senator isakson on talking about the fact that steven miller will testify before their senatee last week. miller was taken to task after being ousted from his role. the white house's chief lawyer learned weeks ago that employees inappropriately targeted groups. is there enough of a fire wall for the president and those direct li under him to say they were unaware of this up until they learned about it in the media? >> well, i think you were going to take that one. >> i'm sorry. i think republicans are going to keep pushing. they want to find out as much as they can. they're not going to stop until they're absolutely satisfied that the president and his senior aides and handlers were not aware of this. i think you're going to see a lot more of that. while they do this republicans, at least the leadership of the party, wants to be very, very careful not to be seen as running wild with this and overreaching. a cnn poll yesterday found that most americans don't believe they are overreaching but it's also not clear if while this is happening the more conservative members of the par

graham: i thank senator isakson. senator scott is with us at every step. but johnny, you have been terrific. i want to let everybody in georgia know that when it sames to savannah river site, we have worked as a team for years. i just can't thank you enough. senator chambliss is one of the leading national security experts in the senate, and he has been imminently involved with the program. we have an agreement with the russians, they will dispose of their 34 metric tons of excess plutonium, enough to create 17,000 warheads in russia, and we have agreed to do the same. if we are seen to stop and not honor our commitment, what do you think would -- what reaction would the russians have, and is it smart to delay this program in the times in which we live because i worry about the materials being compromised, not so much in south carolina and georgia, but very much in russia. could you please tell us your thoughts about that? mr. chambliss: mr. president, just like my colleague from georgia, senator isakson, i want to thank senator graham for his leadership o

chairman. >> senator isakson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome to all the nominees.a question for you to begin with as i can. under her leadership or term as chairman, why did the nlrb undo decades of precedent in the specialty health care decision? >> specialty health care with a decision involving certified nursing assist ends. these were 53 certified nursing assistants that wanted to unionize to perform their own bargaining unit without having people in the cafeteria for people in other areas of the facility that had nothing to do with their jobs be included in the unit. but we did do was apply traditional standards to assessing what an appropriate unit is. it has been a tenant of the law that we determine an appropriate union, not the most appropriate union. these people were just that. the national labor relations lord's decision was consistent with assessments of what would be an appropriate bargaining unit, where we are consistent with what the courts have considered, the d.c. circuit made the determination of the factors are taken into consideration are the c

. >> over the years, it wasn't plain sailing as the isakson book details. >> fascinating. >>> this is what you missed earlier on. >> welcome to hour three of "squawk on the street." here's what's happening so far. >> i don't think there's anything wrong with trying to collect usage data, but i do think there's something wrong if you don't disclose that first and get the permission of those whose data you're collecting. >> i think there are still opportunities underlooked and overlooked on companies. we're still finding good companies at good prices. >> this has to end. this is done. this is rolling over. it's finished. how do you find anybody in these anecdotal situations who said to me, you know what, maybe it keeps going higher. maybe i'm complete paranoid. you put it in, you put it in e-mail, you should expect it to be on the front page. >> or certainly being read in china. >> the chinese, i've text, i text my kids and i know that they know that she goes to tulane. >> there's the opening bell. >> they need to be really, really transparent on the arc of the story, what t

i think your advice to the next commissioner would be questioned by senator isakson was posed you have a perception problem. i would disagree with that very strongly and say we have a reality problem. we have an awful lot of people, people knock on the door, if you're the irs, that isn't like when you won the lottery. you're not too happy to open up the door and i think there's been a tremendous loss and faith in the american government that isn't entirely on the irs's shoulders by any means. there are a lot of things happening. 50% of the people are apathetic. the other 50% are just mad. that is not good and not good for the country. mr. shulman, you, said you're not personally responsible but then i think you sort of backed off of that to some degree but, could you just sort of come along with mr. miller, and say yes, i was responsible? >> senator, i, -- >> it is easy. three words, i was responsible. >> i understand the words. it, what i'm telling you this happened on my watch and i accept that. >> okay. but you're not personally responsible. >> i'm deeply regretful this happened. >>

isakson, your next air >> thank you, mr. chairman. last night he did a town hall meeting which i do every month in my state. in the course of an hour they are 2500 people on the call. during the course of the hour i had 21 questions i now must make note so i could review the for whatever. i can't call last night was turn a person named said in a statement was sent whole. given what is happening apparently at the irs, i've lost confidence in the night dates of america. that was not a reactionary comment, but he went on to further safety agency that collects taxes for me is able to target the qualification for tax-free status to keep them from using the tax that is further things. the reason this is an important hearing, the reason it's an important on it and the reason we need to have an import investigation as if for no other reason to restore the confidence of the united states of america in the internal revenue service. i want that understood yet that is my concern that came from a constituent last night he sent a far better than i