washington two senior republican senators urge president-elect donald trump punish russia response u.s. intelligence agencies conclusion president vladimir putin personally direct efforts aim influence outcome november election joint appearance nbc meet press sunday republican senators lindsey graham john mccain say evidence conclusive putin seek influence election point trump refute repeatedly argue might impossible tell responsible couple weeks donald trump defender free world democracy graham say let everybody know america republicans democrats go make russia pay price try interfere senators say remain unsure support trump pick secretary state former exxon mobil corp xom.n chairman ceo rex tillerson criticize close tie putin senate foreign relations committee schedule hold hear wednesday consider tillerson nomination three u.s. intelligence agencies release joint report friday conclude putin direct efforts help trump electoral chance discredit democratic rival hillary clinton hackers penetrate democratic national committee email server separately steal email john podesta chair clinton campaign email post online use embarrass clinton include trump frequently use content political ammunition russia try undermine public faith democratic process damage clinton make hard win harm presidency unclassified report say mccain say support continue investigations hack need come grip get bottom overall come strategy new form warfare basically harm economy harm elections harm national security say trump whose view russia step party repeatedly dismiss claim russians try help argue charge russia product political opponents try undermine victory friday receive intelligence brief trump squarely address whether tell agencies belief russia carry hack instead say russia china countries outside group people consistently try break cyber infrastructure governmental institutions businesses organizations include dnc saturday trump write twitter good relationship russia good thing stupid people fool would think bad tweet enough problems around world without yet another one president russia respect us far countries perhaps work together solve many great press problems issue world republican senators urge trump embrace find russia hack