cbs-3 cameras at the national constitution center this morning, 150 wawa associates assembled 21,000 oagies, to make up giant sandwich. they used 10,000 pounds of ingredients. earlier some special guests stopped by to tell our kate bilo all about it. >> it is wawa hoagie day, a day to celebrate the official sandwich of the city of philadelphia and so much more. it is part of the wawa welcome america celebration. this year the day includes a little star power and honors the men and women of our military. joining me now to talk about wawa hoagie day chef robert eye vine, you know him from restaurant impossible, and the food network along with laurie breeze of wawa. thank you so much for being here and bringing all of this amazing food with you. so laurie, tell us little bit about this day. big day for way wawa and the sit. >> i so happy hoagie day first of all our 23rd annual hoagie day event, 150 wawa associates started this morning 5:00 a.m., building a hog that i will be weighing 5 tons made with more than 10,000 pounds of ingredients. and they will serve it free at noon on independe

and philadelphia is our home town and the associates know it and love to give back. >> they joined in on the fun and was presented with a $25,000 check from wawa for his association that supports veterans centers, that means 15,000 hoagies are being served up on independence mall. there is such a thing as a free lunch. >> if you condition make it for a free hoagie tlrk is fun to be had, free admission to the constitution center all day courtesy of wawa. back to you guys. >> quite a crowd there 6 abc is proud to be the broadcast partner of the wawa welcome america celebration, tamala edwards and matt o'donnell kicks off our live coverage on the 4th from 10:00 until noon, with the celebration ceremony and the independence day parade. and cecily tynan and i will host along with karen rogers and adam joseph, sara will you be at the concert? >> well -- >> i'll be texting you. look good. >> still to come on "action news" at noon, bp agrees to pay billions of dollars to repair the damage from the gulf oil spill. details of the settlement announced today. >>> and we learned about another shark attack off the carolina coast, this one involved a 12-year

. >> it is hoagie day part of the wawa welcome america festival, 150 wawa associates are building hoagies and loading them on to a refridge rated truck, you'll be able to get your hoagie for free. matt and i kick off our live coverage with the celebration of freedom ceremony and the independence day parade. you'll want to tune in for the phillies 4th of july jam on the parkway. rick williams and cesily tynan host along with karen rogers and summary judgment summary judgment. the concert is followed by fireworks display over the museum of art. >> guaranteed to be are a blast. >> yes. >> online shopping is becoming more secure. a credit card company is cutting back on fraud. it involves your smart phone. >> a grandmother involved in a crash stuck in a ravine for days survives how she stayed alive. >> reporter: we'll see showers or thunderstorm pop through parts of the region, particularly down the shore, i'll have future tracker 6 show you that, and we'll set you up for the holiday weekend. that's all ahead from accuweather! >> new this morning a heat wave is baking western europe with temp

these people are having fun. 150 wawa associates are building a 5-ton hoagie. breaks down to 17,000 shorties you can get your for free at noon. this year's event is dedicated to honoring our soldiers and hometown heros. extra pickles for me. tam and i will kick off our july 4th coverage on saturday join us for the freedom ceremony later that night tune in for the fourth of july jam on the parkway. rick santorum and cesily tynan tynan -- rick williams, and cesily tynan are your hosts along with adam joseph and karen rogers. >> a woman is rescued after two days in a ravine saturday of a car crash. >> temperatures are in the 60s and 70s i'm showing you dewpoints, you can see it's not too bad in philadelphia. the humidity is down near millville and the shore. when we come back we'll have the day planner forecast and let you know where temperatures are going today. this morning a 75-year-old texas grammar spent two days trapped in a ravine. that's how her family found her dangling on the hillside. she said she use the rear view mirror to hammer out a hole in the cra

the associates of wawa have to be the craziest people. >> he didn't have a hoagie hat on until i putris is the big goose. then i said you and i had to feel welcome. >> you you are here for a good cause helping us all out. >> chris, wawa and the whole team here not only donated $25,000 to the robert irvine foundation which helps families, the best we can and make a wish foundation but also supporting uso and all those folks out there that do great things for our men and women in uniform fire fighters police officers, emt's. wawa is giving you lots of love because you need it, you do a great job for us and it is just electric. it is excitingy came in here they have dy going, tunes are blasting, they can't be dancing too long. but is there a way folks can help. >> come here, today we will celebrate our every day heroes as robert just said which is a fantastic way. our uso campaign kicks off in our stores throughout the whole summer, goal to raise 700 you this dollars for uso. we started that today with robert a's foundation. uso is great way to celebrate people, independent day that liv

meanwhile, welcome here, i cannot forget wawa associates here making it all happen. they are taking a break right now in the assembly because they hit that 5,000 mark. and, what it takes to make a really fabulous italian hoagie. >> it just takes passion. you have to have passion. i love what i to every day and i can make a banging sandwich. come to jenkintown wawa, we're the best. >> let me see that sandwich. >> somebody has got to eat it, right. >> why not me. we will send it back to you in the studio. >> somebody has got to eat it. >> might as well be the girl. >> you drop your tomato. >> thanks, nick. >> i love that bread. >> still ahead, he is credited with saving lives of more than 600 jewish children during holocaust and we will look back at the life of britain's nicholas. >>> capture killer david sweat is offering more details about his and fellow inmates richard matt's time on the run, what he is telling investigators about their getaway. >> she's a single mom breast cancer survivor and truck driver but now this pennsylvania woman has another title to add to

hey wally push over, budd, got to make me way down to tameika miller here, she's a wawa a associate. good morning tameika. >> what is the secret ingredient to making them so tasty. >> lots of love, lots of love for the city of philadelphia. >> great to hear. that how are you feeling this morning, ladies. >> wow. >> reporter: there you go. nothing like the smell of hoagies early in the morning. we will send it back to you. >> love it. >> they look delicious. >> i know, nicole pushing wally down. wally, i got to get down this table. >> thanks, nicole. we will get back to you. >> my man wally. >> wonderful. >> maybe she will bring some back for us. >> show the the love. >> yes. >> catch money, right here nicole. >>> right now 5:39. new york times is cooking up recipe for controversy and this is all about quacamole. >> newspaper ignited a social media fire storm when it tweeted a recipe for quacamole made with peas. it adds intense sweetness and chunky texture to the dip but many are not buying it. >> quack will molly is not peas leave it to insuringers to be talking about a peas. >> eat

at the national constitution center for the hoagie day the annual part of the wawa welcome america festival. 150 associates are building a five ton hoagie that breaks down to 17,000 shorties. this event is dedicated to honoring soldiers and hometown heros. of. >>> tam and i will will kick off the independence day celebration. later tune in for the jam on the parkway, rick williams and cesily tynan are our hosts along with adam joseph and karen rogers. the cons sert begins at 7 -- concert begins at 7:00 followed by the fireworks display. >> karen i can taste the hoagie. >> reporter: love it. i'm despited about the concert coming up this weekend. the so much going on. i think a lot of people have taken the day off and started the weekend today. looking at 422 traffic is not looking bad. we're looking good eastbound at 23. we're moving okay. saint gabe's curve to 23. a little slow on 422. eastbound past hanover we had a disabled vehicle it's cleared. traffic looking better, as well. outside around the region we have a problem with a manhole in abington, the cover is missing. look for this at old york road at

national constitution center early this morning for hoagie day as part of the wawa welcome america festival. 150 associatesoking good on the the schuylkill expressway. we had an update on the travel time, 18 minutes eastbound from the blue route to the vine. normally we would be seeing 35 to 40 minute ride. no delay at all. i-95 southbound traffic at cottman moving just fine, some days you might get nearly an hour, today a 17 minute ride on the blue route and the schuylkill. >> let's head outside to talk to david murphy about the weather. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan showing showers inching up i-95. steadier stuff highlighted in yellow. the temperatures is at 73 degrees in philadelphia. not particularly humid more humid the closer you get to the coast. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast shows a high of 84. early morning sunshine quickly giving way to uncreased clouds and showers and thunderstorms around. most of the action today tam will be in south jersey and delaware, but obviously some might clip philadelphia, as well. >> coming up on "action news" at noon, we continue to foll

>> wawa hoegie day, part of the welcome america festival. it's an exciting day. we had hundreds of associates wake up this morning very early to begin building a five ton hoagie. >> free hoagies to celebrate the fourth of july what better thing. philadelphia tastykakes wawa, birth of our country. come on. >> we have the liberty bell from the uso. we also have audra mcloughlin from "the voice." most importantly we will honor our local and national heroes. that's what hoagie day is about and the july fourth time frame, there's no better time to give thanks to those who serve our country and who serve our community. >> this is the best party in the world, right? city of brotherly love? every bit of entertainment that you can have, great. >> happy fourth of july! >> saturday fabulous entertainment. wawa welcome america continues. parade kicks off at 11:00 in old historic philadelphia followed by the party on the parkway. wawa will be there with thousands of beverages to give away. there is all kinds of entertainment and fun and it precedes america's largest concert and fireworks which will start