. >> the city of liverpool, home of the beatles and the liverpool football club, it is tonight hosting the olympic fame. and iraq were veteran who was blinded on duty five years ago carried the torch on the last leg of the day. it will be used to light the olympic caldron, starting an evening of celebrations. the flame also went to a safari, one of the first times the flame has met troughs. >> indeed. et giraffes. >> indeed. this morning, we thought it was going to rain, but the city was bathed in sunlight, so the animals came out. it was a truly historic trip to eventually end up here right by the river where the olympic torch made the journey via ferry. one of them, pretty well known to you, melanie carried the torch through the town. we caught up with her and she said it was an inspiring moment for her, a moment she will never forget. as she described it, a once-in- a-lifetime opportunity. as you can see from those pictures, hundreds of hundreds of people lining the streets. that was very much replicated here in liverpool, in the city center, in between the two cathedral's here. it