McCaul: Officials in a 'State of Denial' Over Philly Cop Shooting

The White House won't call last week's attack on Philadelphia police Officer Jesse Hartnett terrorism, and House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul said Tuesday that's because officials are in a "state of denial."

"I think we all know what it is," McCaul told Fox News' "Fox and Friends" program. "The American people know what it is."

Edward Archer, the man arrested in the ambush shooting of Hartnett, confessed to the attack and pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State, Philadelphia police said. But not labeling the attack as being related to Islamic terrorism, McCaul said, "it's an insult to the police officer" by not facing the real threat.

"When the defendant, the suspect, calls it an act of Islam, when he says he pledges allegiance to ISIS, and that we're going to backtrack and we're not sure what the situation," we all know what it is, said the Texas Republican, whose new book, "Failures of Imagination: The Deadliest Threats to Our Homeland and How to Thwart Them" was released on Tuesday.

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