chuck and put those barriers behind you. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 >>> welcome back to "morning joe," it's 7:00 in the morning here on the east coast on a friday morning, mike barnicle, sam us, and the host of msnbc's "the last word," the great lawrence o'donnell. >> you know who got the last word last night? >> who? >> mr. foster freiss, we booked him for the explanation of what he had to say. >> what was his explanation? >> he thought it was a joke. but i've got to say, i think america was left just as confused after his eight minutes with me. i don't think we cleared anything up. >> did you find talking to him that it was an honest mistake, a bad joke by a guy who doesn't quite understand what he was saying? or was there something more -- >> didn't understand what he was saying i think applies to most of his answers, actually. he's -- he's quite a guy. >> that was a metaphor, that wasn't a joke. you watched him -- >> i mean -- >> he meant. the answer is close your legs -- >> i have no idea what the language meant at all and then someone said to me, oh, you put -- >> close your legs, yeah. >> what it means is abstinence. >> of course it does, absolutely. >> that didn't