whitlock stays put while continuing to roll.'s safe to get out. >> emergency workers stationed at the end of the race course are on the scene within seconds. >> is someone in there? >> amazingly they were all fine without a scratch. >> not a scratch on us. >> whitlock brushes himself off and starts shooting again. >> i wanted to shoot the helicopter i just came down to maybe give myself a bit of a buffer. >> the fire department quickly secures the scene and the leaking fuel is controlled. whitlock is grateful to the pilot whose quick thinking, he says, averted a more serious situation. >> we were coming down right on top of the road where there was a lot of spectators on the road. he put it down on the hill where he did. if he hadn't of done that, there would have been a lot of people hurt. >> certainly a memorable trip. despite the close call, he says, he'd fly again. >> i have my one get out of jail free card. i think statistically i should be good. >>> a giant inflatable slide goes airborne at a children's soccer tournament.

we are joined in the studio by frank oliveri and craig whitlock. >> i would like to ask you about afghanistan. the obama administration thought they had fought the deal to keep the troops there 2014. that seems like it is falling apart. do you see any way of resolving this before the beginning of next year or will it stride on until afghanistan elects a new president? >> the deal has not fallen

from the '90s, shane whitlock, a radiologist from little rock, arkansas. and from our most recent decade, tom nissley, a writer from seattle, washington. these three are going to join an already formidable lineup of contestants who will all appear later this season in our battle of the decades. it's a competition 30 years in the making. this is "jeopardy!" here are today's contestants. a food-media writer from new york, new york... a customer-service representative from austin, texas... and our returning champion, a tax attorney from sacramento, california... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. hi, everyone. a tough final jeopardy! that was missed by all three of our players on yesterday's program did them in, except for scott. savvy wager. he didn't win a lot of money -- under $8,000 -- but he's back to play today and try to win more. carlos and tina are the challengers. welcome aboard. good luck. here we go. let's take a look he cegories, shall we?

we are joined in the studio by frank oliveri and craig whitlock. >> i would like to ask you about afghanistan. the obama administration thought they had fought the deal to keep the troops there 2014. that seems like it is falling apart. do you see any way of resolving this before the beginning of next year or will it stride on until afghanistan elects a new president? >> the deal has not fallen apart. afghanistan approved it. no one has said that they are going to need to change it. president karzai has said he does not want to be the one who signs it. he is holding off on signing it until next year. it is a problem. there is no question about it. the substance is basically what both sides are comfortable with. whether or not president karzai is spilling new ideas, i do not know. it does not sound like it. it is whether or not to get so -- someone to formally sign it. the hope is we will get it signed before the elections. the impasse is his refusal to sign. >> he wanted to renegotiate. he wanted to have the afghanistan taliban members released from guantÁnamo. he wants no more raids or bombi