Tonight the House Republican impeachment inquiry now on thin ice turns out their smoking done witness got his info from Russian intelligence officials.

Then the largest hospital in Alabama putting all IVF treatments on hold after a court

ruling, how doctors and their patients are reacting.

And the thing people don't get about helping Ukraine,

why sending money there helps people here at home

as the 11th hour gets underway on this Wednesday night. Good evening once again. I'm Stephanie Rule. We are now 258 days away from the

election and tonight a huge blow to GOP investigations of

Joe Biden and new evidence of Russian attempts at election interference.

Republicans as you know have been talking for months about an FBI informant who said he had proof of a bribery scheme involving Joe Biden, his son Hunter, and a Ukrainian energy company.

But the FBI now says the informant admits it was not true and

that he was being fed information a made-up story that came from Russian

intelligence. On top of that prosecutors say he was actively peddling new lies

just in the last few months that could impact upcoming elections.

There's a lot to unpack, so let's get smarter with the help of our lead off panel tonight.

Ryan Riley joins us Justice reporter for NBC News.

Molly John Fast is here a special correspondent for Vanity Fair and an MS NBC

contributor and Barbara McQuaid joins us a veteran federal

prosecutor and former US attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Mr. Riley we are giving you the tough job. Break this down for us. What exactly is this informant

accused of? Give us the story.

So essentially this informant's relationship with the FBI dates back to 2010, so he would have been about 30 at the time, he's now 43.

And over the course of that time, it apparently started off somewhat informing on business relationships supposedly that he had but then he claimed to have developed these these these interactions with these intelligence officials

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