has he got a point, ben ferguson? i find myself in the unusual position of nodding through most of what he just said. >> well, i don't think it's fair to point fingers, necessarily, at the obama girls. i am sure i probably would have taken a vacation once or twice the year my dad was president. >> three a month? >> we have to look at the bigger picture here. how much are we spending on travel, how much on security in look at vice president biden, one night in paris, nearly $600,000? you have to say, this is crazy. how much are we spending on all of this? and at the same time, not allowing white house tours. so i think the bigger the entourage you have and the more you're spending on travel, the less -- i guess the more out of touch our elected officials are with the american people. it's exactly why we need these white house tours. i agree with ben, though, it's these white house tours that keep the american people in touch with their elected officials. >> it's the american people's house. it's their property. they pa

of the ben ferguson show. >> hi. >> alisyn: alan, what do you think of that premise.date obama said he would help to elevate our status internationally after what he believed president bush had done and that our stature was no longer as high. do you think president obama has accomplished that? >> i do and i spent time looking at the polls and our standing worldwide and particularly in the muslim world is a little higher than at the end of the bush administration. one of the problems we have is the anti-islamic video that came out about a year ago and hurt us in pakistan and hurt us in many parts of the middle east and we also were hurt in pakistan by doing something which most of us applauded, going in and getting bin laden. so there are certain things that work it our advantage that in fact may have hurt us and certain things like the anti-islamic video which unfortunately should never have taken place. >> alisyn: okay. >> hurt our standing as well. >> alisyn: ben, do you think that our standing is hurt because, mainly because of the anti-islam video? >> no, absolute

let's turn now to two strong voices on this issue, we have ben ferguson, host of radio's ben fergusond sarota, radio talk show host as well. gentlemen, welcome to both of you here. right off the top -- >> good to be back. >> good to have you. right off the top in 30 seconds, i want each of you to explain your positions, ben, i defer to you first. >> well, i'll say this, i think what this boils down to is you have the people in california that decided they wanted marriage to stay traditional between one man and one woman and that does not mean that they don't believe in civil unions and equal rights under the law, but the sanctity of marriage being between a man and a woman, they, the voters, did not want to redefine it and then open the door for it to continue to be redefined year after year, decade after decade, and i think that's why even in california, liberal state, they chose, the citizens chose to keep it the way that it is. >> okay, you say californians spoke here. david, 30 seconds, what is your stance? >> well, southern states in the confederacy spoke also back many years ago

. >>> joining me now are ben ferguson, radio talk show host of the ben ferguson show, also relationship expert dr. wendy, psychologist wendy walsh. welcome to both of you. this baby's death comes on the heels of a marine in quantico, virginia, shooting and killing two fellow marines before killing himself, a former prison inmate in colorado is dead after a shootout with police in texas. it is believed he was involved in the shooting death of a colorado prison chief. wendy, you're a mother, you heard from the mom, who lost her baby and the other stories. what is your reaction? >> i'm trying to hold in my tears here, don. it is a terrible, terrible, terrible story. and i mean when is enough going to be enough? when mothers are crying because babies are shot in their arms, because children have a hold of guns, it sounded like these were adolescents. when is enough going to be enough? >> mm-hmm. i know both your kids, i've met both of them. it is hard for any parent to imagine anything like that. this is really personal for you and for moms around the can country. >> yeah. it is very, very

. >> ben ferguson believes anything that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> i want to start with a story. city councillers have required a mandate for the head of every household to have a firearm. >> i think that if someone kicks in your back door you better have more than 911 to protect your family. >> you wouldn't agree with mandating this? >> if you don't want to have a gun, i don't want you to have a gun. >> doesn't want to go practice with it and thinks it is an object to have at the table and kill somebody. >> we have started well. >> we can go down hill from here though. >> let's talk about background checks. >> he talked to vice president biden. do you support univeral background checks. >> i think it is a waste of time if it is a single shot 22 rifle. >> they are not allowed to own a gun by the laws that are not in place right now. >> they don't obey the law. it doesn't mean you shouldn't tray and make it as difficult as possible for crim malesmales. >> i want there to be laws that go after the people that commit the crimes with the guns and go after

ben ferguson of the icon radio network and host of the ben ferguson show and simon rosenburg, foundernk and form clinton campaign advisor. wow, has this gotten a lot of pickup, pow, a lot of focus on something that, i mean, i think we all agree right now has no chance of passing. and yet, it brings up a lot of dynamics that we've seen in the gun control debate and are people being respectful of one another's views, is one side trying to alter our fundamental constitutional rights. your reaction to it, ben. >> well, i think the biggest issue that ted was bringing up, the senator was saying, look, who are you to decide what gun i can and cannot have based on you basically saying i know there's a bill of rights, but as one senator think all of these guns on my specialist are inappropriate for you. he she said, do you think you should be able to have a bazooka, dianne feinstein should no that it's alrey illegal to own a bazooka in america. and who are you to decide which guns i'm to own because the constitution says you as a person should not go out and give your special dianne feinstein

ben ferguson believes anything that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> want tort with this story coming out of nelson in georgia where city councillors have given approval for a proposal requiring a mandate for the head of every household to own a fire arm. >> i think that if someone kicks in your back door you better have more than 911 to protect your family. >> you wouldn't agree with mandating this? >> absolutely not, if you don't want to have a gun, lord knows i don't want you to have a gun. why would i want a human being who is terrified of it, doesn't want to learn how to use it, doesn't want to go practice with it, thinks it's an object that's going to get off the table and kill somebody, i don't want that. >> we have started well. >> we can go down hill from here though. >> let's talk about background checks. dan rather said he had talked to vice president biden that very day quietly who had indicated they might not even get progress on universal background checks. do you support universal background checks? >> i think it's okay if you want to have backg

. >> heather: joining us eleanor ratner and ben ferguson. thank you for joining us.ladies first. we took a look at the poll, 85% of people polled they favor the universal background checks. why are we debating this if 85% are in favor? >> i think wayne has had a position for years. i've known him for years and he hasn't changed his position. you have a million people that have failed background checks in the last 14 years. that is a lot of people. there is no reason why we shouldn't do it. we have technology to do background checks. >> heather: what is the concern? >> i think one of the biggest concerns for me is false sense of security mainly the same reason we have school free gun zones. remember, every school is going to be safe because we have a gun free zone. that is is not working out either. when we put resources and time and money toward the universal background checks me giving a gun to my grandfather instead of background checks on mental health that would have an impact that is where i think our money should go. that is part of the issue. this only helps p

joining me now to discuss it the gotham ghost writers and ben ferguson. >> megyn: and dr.thdraw if that is what the class wants, saying it's their day and doesn't want to rain on anybody's parade and he has since come out and clarified what he was saying, trying to say to hannity, saying that, i think people have completely taken the wrong meaning out of what i was saying, he told the baltimore sun. i certainly believe gay people should have all the rights inning else have i was trying to say as far as marriage is concerned it had traditionally been between a man and woman and no one should be able to change that. your thoughts, dan. >> i want to wish everyone good passover and happy easter. you know, look, i think dr. carson learned a very valuable lesson here. freedom of speech does not guarantee freedom from consequences, i teach my ethics student at nyu. as he was practicing his free speech rights the students are practicing their free speech rights. it comes not a free speech issue, but a values issue. who does johns hopkins want to represent them. that's something to

david begnaud and radio talk show host ben ferguson, good to see you again, ben.herapist and relationship expert. after these topics, we'll need some therapy. >> i got you. >> ben, you heard about all of the gun control after aurora, after newtown, it was thought there is going to be a gun control ban that will go through congress and sweep through congress and then the assault weapons ban and then also a universal background check. support appears to be waning. >> and i think this isthings we from this in the past and what dianne feinstein should do is look at their own party and say are there enough democrats to vote for the broad reaching measures and the answer is, honestly, no, there is not. they should have spent more time working on maybe just background checks or mental health issues and looked at actually the prosecution of crimes of those that commit gun crimes. right now in this country, you get about 4.3 years, if you use a gun in a crime, including pulling the trigger and miss, that's where they could have made real headway, they didn't do it and it i