with all of the focus on the east, winter has nearly forgotten about the west. california has had one of their warmest winters on record and one ski resort in the tahoe area had to close earlier in the month after receiving only 10% of its normal snowfall. but they re not alone. globally, this was the warmest winter on record. jennifer gray joins me now. tomorrow is the official start of spring. i mean, it sounds like a lot of people are still stuck in winter. reporter: yeah, 6:45 p.m. eastern time. that s the official start of spring and a lot of people are going to experience rain, clouds, and yes, even snow. we have this spring storm that is brewing. it is going to start as rain across the carolinas into virginia. d.c. could see a mix in snow for places in pennsylvania, including philadelphia, new york city. it is going to be a fast mover. if there s good news in all of this, it isn t going to last long. it will be out of here by saturday morning but we could pick up several inc
quote, followed proper mental health screening procedures and that miles had given medication he indicated helped him in the past. they refused to answer any more of our questions citing federal privacy laws. the friends and family of richard miles want the virginia to learn from their tragedy. they want the v.a. to figure out what they could have done differently with miles so the next veteran is admitted and helped. what do you not have now that this happened? i dont t have a friend. my daughter doesn t have her father. people he has touched so many people. he was so great. reporter: the iowa v.a., however, seems more focused on defending itself than on learning from any mistakes. i really do feel as though the v.a. failed him. ultimately, i feel like it s kind of on them. so jake, if proper procedures were followed in this case, i mean, it s got to be asked, is the v.a. dealing with suicidal veterans adequately enough? reporter: that s a great question. although there
times ahead. it does not and officials are threatening to allow votes at the united nations in favor of palestinian state. that may not sound like a whole lot to people out there but that s a measure blocked before time and again. republicans who invited netanyahu to speak before congress before this went down had talks with iran. republicans say get over it but anderson all indications are here at the white house the president is not over it. he will not be over it for some time. jim acosta thank you very much. ahead, did the v.a. do enough to save this veteran s life? richard miles struggled with ptsd for years before finally killing himself. he reached out to the v.a. days before his body found frozen in the woods. new details tonight that left one person dead. the real question that needs to be asked is what is it that we can do that is impactful? what the cloud enables is computing to empower cancer researchers. it used to take two weeks to sequence and analyze a genome;
frozen in the elements. those who loved richard miles wanted to know whether the v.a. did enough for him that february night. that was his cry for help. and it was not taken seriously or received the way it should have been received. reporter: richard miles was one of the premiere presenters at the science center of iowa, beloved and quite literally a picture perfect employee. he was passionate and knowledgeable about science himself and he went beyond that. his passion extended to sharing that knowledge with others. and as excited as he would get about viewing stars in his own, he was tenfold more excited when he could share that with others. reporter: what this popular iraq war veteran did not share with most is that he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. he knew the date and where he was when he had shot and killed people. reporter: katie hopper is miles ex-girlfriend and mother to their daughter, emylin. she said he left iraq but it never left him.
anderson. in april 2013, these virginia abc agents arrested 20-year-old elizabeth bailey. she was a university of virginia student. they swarmed her car outside of harris teether supermarket here. they thought she was purchasing beer underage. they swarmed the car. they arrested her. it turns out she was carrying bottled water and some cookie dough. they changed policy. a very embarrassing episode for this agency in virginia. brian todd, appreciate that. dr. marcus martin, chief officer for diversity and equity. joining us now, dr. martin, thank you for being with us. thank you. i understand you spoke to martese johnson. what did he tell you about the incident? that s correct. anderson, let me preface this by saying i m a professor of emergency medicine at the university of virginia, but i was not in the emergency department when martese came in and so i don t have access to his medical records and i don t have access to the police records, but i spoke with him along with sever