stephen costello from the institute for korean studies at george washington university.erts as a major winter storm sweeps the country. some communities could experience the heaviest snowfall and coldest temperatures in more than a decade. a state of emergency has been declared in six states — west virginia, kentucky, virginia, kansas, arkansas and missouri. in kansas, the usual average low temperature at this time of year is minus 6 degrees celsius, now it's expected to fall to minus 29 degrees. in kentucky, the average low is minus 3 degrees, but it's expected to be as low as minus 16. these are pictures from missouri — one of the states under an emergency. snow, ice and plunging temperatures have affected the roads while air travel has also been hit. more than 5,000 flights across the us have been cancelled so far, that's according to flight tracking website flightawa re. the mayor of kansas city, missouri's largest, says special operations will be in place over the next few days to address the harsh conditions. the cold weather is as much of a challenge as the snow a

more, i'mjoined now by stephen costello, fellow at quincy institute and scholar at the institute for korean studiesthe impeachment trial begins today. the impeachment trial begins toda. ., ~ the impeachment trial begins toda . ., ~ the impeachment trial begins toda. ., ., ., today. thank you for having me. i think that _ today. thank you for having me. i think that president _ today. thank you for having me. i think that president yoon's - i think that president yoon's attempt at self group provoked two major pushbikes. number one is the impeachment which was voted by the national assembly, and that process goes now to the constitutional court, as you said, they began their deliberations today in about an hour. they are the final determinant, whether president yoon is finally impeached or whether he will be reinstated to office. so that could take i suppose a couple of weeks, most likely. if he is impeached at that point, then there will be about 60 days before south korea has another presidential election. the second thing that his crew inspired was a criminal investigation, and that to his insurr

stephen costello from the institute for korean studies at george washington university explained to mects things to play out in seoul over the next few weeks. the pace, the direction of this seems rather unstoppable. the constitutional court, will be able to rule in the next couple of weeks, it now looks like they have set dates over the next couple of weeks for the former president yoon to appear before them. when you look at the impeachment proceeding before the court and compare it to the impeachment proceedings against the former president park chu—youn hay in 2016, this one would seem to have many more rock solid cases to make. that mr yoon overstepped his authority. so the final decision of the constitutional court seems quite solid at this point. what do you think would be the tipping point, what will it take for mr yoon to come in for questioning and acquiesce to this arrest warrant? it would be hoped he will respond to the new attempt by the police presumably now they have the arresting authority. but both the president's protection service and the military that they have used

studies trade at the peterson institute for international economics. >> washing machines, we saw an increase -- increase in price. the south korean made washing machine was more than $1000 higher. the domestic made machine was also higher, as was the dryer. even though there were no tariffs. >> trump's plan for a 20% across-the-board tariffs and a 60% tariff on china suggest price increases for consumers could be large. >> the burden on the average family would be a minimum of $2700 a year. estimates include those increases in domestic prices as well. going up to $4000 and above for the average american household. >> this will all ricochet back to u.s. companies. >> some people will be pushed out of the market. they will not buy at all. others will buy fewer of whatever item it is. either way, the company will be selling fewer items, have slower growth, and many will have fewer workers. >> there will be some domestic winners. >> anything that makes it more expensive or difficult for someone to import products we make domestically helps us. chaos in general helps domestic manufacturers. i hate to put it that way. >> union where pr