against president biden s student loan bailout plan on friday but its allies are vowing that the fight is not over. rachel: that s right. defiant democrats are also face something tough questions. after the supreme court quoted nancy pelosi s own words in their decision. joey: our very own martin meredith is live at the white house and he s got more on this story. martin. reporter: joey, rachel and steve good morning to all three of you. president biden said he s disappointed in last week s supreme court ruling which nullified his efforts to cancel some student loan debt but the administration says it s working on a plan b. it s really important, first of all, borrowers hear loud and clearly we re not stopping the fight that we recognize how important this is. within hours of the supreme court decision, which we totally disagree with, i think is wrong, we announced that we are moving forward with another pathway to debt relief. reporter: that other pathway includes
but through grandma doocy you sir are related to not one but three of the founding fathers of this country, the first three president of the united states. steve: the doocy s are. we can start with president george washington i think we have a graphic showing the family tree. you are george washington s 12th cousin five times removed that is correct. then we move on to john adams. are you john adams s 11th cousin seven times removed but we are not done because, yes, there is thomas jefferson and you are thomas jefferson s 12th cousin four times removed. i kid you not. and you can thank grandma doocy for this because grandma doocy s great grandfather was a gentleman named elijah butterfield. steve: that s right. that s right. so elijah butterfield was your great, great, great grandfather. steve: wait. how did you get into your family album? we have our ways. we have our friends at myheritage.com and that is elijah butterfield s son.
independence day and what better way to honor our country s history than tracing your family roots. my heritage.com allows users to trace their family s ancestry all the way back to the american revolution. so if you ever wanted to know if you are related to a founding father, now you ve got the tools. my heritage.com collaborator yvette joins us live in the studio good morning. steve: good to have you back. thank you great to be back how are you? steve: i m doing okay. you told me through the last couple of years about our family history. it s been shocking because we thought we were half irish half swedish turned out 17% irish and 17% scandinavian. and last time we were here we talked about the fascinating history of grandma doocy on grandma s mother s side there was cherokee and grandma doocy came over on the orphan train. we found out some incredibly fascinating history more on the other side. steve: so is that stuff true. it is true and not only that