diane koenig is packing a 38 since she says she's had since a little girl. >> i'd like mental illness addressed more and our rights left alone. >> we want to protect our families our friends and our properties. >> you'll find community strength and unity, support on sign boards all over the town. a local tattoo shop has raised more than $5,000 for a victims fund, selling roseburg strong designs. people not politics. dan marsh thoou on knew one of e students killed. >> i worked with her dad at the plywood mill. my heart is broke for them. >> at umpqua community college, the building where the nine people were killed is still closed off. small stones spell out hope unit and love on the sidewalk. but a presidential visit and angry local reaction from statements by president obama on the day of the shooting. >> somebody somewhere will comment saying, obama politicized this issue. well, this is something we should politicize. >> i think he realized he shouldn't have said what he said when he said it and now he's trying to get sympathetic and create a little compassion. i don't buy it. >> t

diane coh koenig is packing a .8 that she said she's had since a little girl. >> i'd like to see mental illness be addressed more and our rights left alone. >> we'd like to protect our communities and our properties. >> sign boards are all over this town. a local tattoo shop is has event raced more than $5,000 for a victims fund selling roseburg strong designs. what's important is families and survivors people not politics is what we hear all the time. dan marsh knew one of the students who was killed. >> i worked with her dad at the plywood mill just great people and my heart just is broke for them. >> reporter: at umpqua community college the classroom building where nine people were murdered is still sealed off. near the entrance to the school flags and flowers on a cyclone fence honor the victims. small signs spell out hope and unity on the sidewalk. angry and local reaction to president obama on the day of the shooting. >> somebody somewhere will comment and say obama politicized this issue. well, this is something we should publi politicize! >> this is a hunting and fishing region

gary koenig is vice president of economic and consumer security at the aarp public policy institute. dianes executive director of the national institute of retirement security, and eric rodriguez is vice president of the office of research, advocacy and legislation at the national council of la raza. thank you so much for being with us today. it used to be able to secure improvements in retirement savings in a few ways. one was with a strong coalition of business, senior organizations and certainly labor. they were pushing through changes that were very important for workers. as things were becoming more individualized i would change individualized i would change about advocating tools products and changes. when you think about what we see on the horizon there are great ideas out there and other states there. i think we're seeing a different a broader coalition and constituents coming together and pushing for changes on a broadway than we have seen before. i think we need to broaden the . >> and they're saying should we do something for the low income and that's how we got the child tax cr

gary koenig is vice president of economic and consumer security at the aarp public policy institute. dianeakley is executive director of the national institute of retirement security, and eric rodriguez is vice president of the office of research advocacy and legislation at the national council of la raza. thank you so much for being with us today. >> thank you. >> so, eric rodriguez, i'd like to start with you. there's a lot of discussion about the coming retirement crisis, but too often the related policy discussion seems to be missing. how do we get more attention for the economic struggles of older americans that takes into account the growing inadequacy of families' retirement savings? >> well, it's a good question. you know, in the time that i've been here in washington, 20-plus years, i've seen the debate around retirement security issues really change and develop over that time. you used to be able to secure, you know, improvements in retirement savings in a couple of ways. one was with a strong coalition of business, seniors' organizations and, certainly, labor pushing through cha