kevin hinnant, jr. of laurel. speed may have been a factor. >>> on wednesday a pickup pressed into a metrobus killing nkonou ayaovi edorh. and jenice richards, 22, and tamara nicole johnson, 19 died in a crash in langley park. police are still investigating the causes of both of those crashes. >>> four amdays until iowa. mitt romney is back on top in the latest polls. but ron paul and rick santorum are moving ahead of where they work. >> jennifer donelan joins us from the newsroom. good morning. >> good morning. [no audio] the republican race. it's up this final weekend of 2011 with mitt romney looking at the 2012 election with growing excitement. as i feel like breaking into 76 trombones, not that good a singer. >> he leads the pack nationally. newt gingrich is struggling behind. gingrich slid down 14 points after surging ahead earlier. >> who can be firm enough and decisive enough to defeat barack obama? >> his battle up to run against obama got a boost from who filed the lawsuit to getting rich on the super tue

contributing factors in a deadly motorcycle crash this early morning in silver spring. 24-year-old kevin hinnant of laurel was i woulded. he crashed -- killed. he crashed and he was thrown if his motorcycle along the outer loop of the beltway around 1:00 this morning near silver spring. he didn't make it at the hospital and no one else was hurt in the crash. >>> and this mangled mess used to be a high performance sports car. now the passenger and the driver of this dodge viper are pretty banged up and in the hospital and possibly could be facing charges. the car slammed into a utility pole in the westbound lanes of route 7 near charles street and leesburg, virginia. this is early this morning. so far investigators are not saying in this case if alcohol or speed played a role in the crash. >>> we can know later today what caused that horrible crash that killed two young women in silver spring. this was early yesterday morning. an suv hit a fence and then smashed into a brick retaining wall along university boulevard east. 22-year-old jenice richards and 19-year-old tamara johnson was killed. 18-y

police say kevin hinnant junior hit a guardrail.the area have shut down but since reopened. >>> meanwhile police investigating a crash that killed two young women on university boulevard in silver spring. the suv they were traveling in veered off the road and hit a retaining wall early yesterday morning. last night family and friends gathered to remember 19-year- old tamara johnson, and 22-year- old jenice richards. they also prayed for desaleen james who is now dealing with serious injuries. >>> and police are now identifying the driver of a pickup truck killed in wednesday's crash that also involved a metro bus. 49-year-old nikanu edor of silver springs was killed after he crossed the median on rourkeville pack -- rockville pike in bethesda and crashed into a bus. still no word on what caused him to lose control. the metro bus driver and several passengers taken to the hospital. >>> six days away from the first votes in the republican presidential race and yet another lead change in iowa. this morning mitt romney has taken the lea

kevin hinnant, jr. of lower maryland was killed when he crashed his motorcycle on the outer loop near colesville road in silver spring. witnesses say hinnant lost control and hit a guardrail. blamed in that will be -- lanes in that area were shut down but since reopened. >>> a grand jury indicted the maryland man accused of murdering his wife and son. he's accused of stabbing jane mcqueen to death in her germantown apartment in october then taking her 11-year-old son william to a wooded area and beating him to death. lopez is set to be arraigned january 6th. >>> there's a possible break in the case of a missing lineman from maryland. mitchell smith left union station december 16th headed to birmingham, alabama but never made it. his family says amtrak told them that smith took a train to newark, new jersey where he checked into a hospital on the 17th and checked out on the 18th. no word why he went to the hospital. as of now, smith is still missing. >>> we are just days away from the first votes in the