our focus on the nutmeg state starts off with dan malloy and tom cruz hits new hampshire for a conservative confab along the state's most famous new transplant. >> good morning. it's monday, april 14th, 2014. i'm luke russert in for the great chuck todd. we begin with the potential unraveling of the great nation of ukraine, something the u.s. seems powerless to stop. pro-russian separatists seized a city, the latest city seeing a spike in violence. they warned that they had until this morning to lay down their weapons and surrender. that deadline came and went with no surrender but throughout the weekend, tensions and violence continued to rise, raising the specter of an all-out civil war. clashes broke out between the largest cities as protesters took over the city council. dozens were reportedly injured. on saturday, gun fire broke out at a police station as men in military fatigues armed with automatic weapons stormed the building and took over, describing themselves as the people's militia. pro-russian onlookers are either supporting or actively assisting the separatists. moscow called

we have received notes of condolence, calls, most recently from the governor of connecticut, dan malloy, he and i have not had a chance to connect. he's offering his assistance in any way, obviously, and you understand why with the incident that took place in connecticut a few years ago. we have a sister relationship, sister-state relationship with i'll say the region of france and received a note -- >> governor tom corbett expressing his deepest, deepest shock to what has happened in the suburban pittsburgh area today when a 16-year-old sophomore allegedly went on a stabbing spree, stabbing 19 or 20 of his fellow students as well as a security guard and, as you heard the police chief tell us, from the murrysville police department, two of those people, two of those young people are in critical condition right now. we're going to stay on top of the story. much more on this coming up. it's a shocking development in our country at this time. also another story we're following right now, there's new optimism in the search for flight 370 after two new underwater pings have been detected. al

our focus on the nutmeg state starts off with dan malloy and tom cruz hits new hampshire for