PHOENIX (AP) – The Latest on services for Sen. John McCain (all times local):
7:30 a.m.
Several of Sen. John McCain’s adult children thanked people who visited the Arizona State Capitol to pay respects to their father.
The Arizona National Guard carries the casket of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. during memorial service at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix .(Rob Schumacher/The Arizona Republic via AP, Pool)
Sons Doug, Jack and Jimmy, daughter Sidney and daughter-in-law Renee shook hands Wednesday with some of the thousands of people who viewed McCain’s flag-draped casket in the Capitol’s rotunda
The afternoon and evening casket viewing followed a private service Wednesday morning.
A public memorial service will be held Thursday at North Phoenix Baptist Church before McCain’s body is taken by motorcade to an Arizona Air National Guard base at Sky Harbor International Airport to be flown to Washington.
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12 a.m.
The celebration of Sen. John McCain as a former prisoner of war and maverick politician enters a second day with a church service and a military salute before his casket departs his adopted state of Arizona for Washington.
A motorcade with McCain’s casket leaves Thursday morning from the Arizona Capitol, where McCain has been lying in state so thousands of people could say goodbye.
Family and friends gathered there Wednesday for a private service, where Cindy McCain pressed her face against her husband’s coffin.
Following a service at North Phoenix Baptist Church, McCain’s casket will go to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport for a salute from the Arizona Air and Army National Guard.
Friday’s visitation at the U.S. Capitol will be followed by a service Saturday at Washington National Cathedral.
Cindy McCain, wife of, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., looks at the casket during a memorial service at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)
Louis Albin, an artist in Phoenix and Navy veteran, displays his custom-made T-shirt, as he waited in line for the public viewing of the late Sen. John McCain Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, outside the Arizona Capitol. The shirt, which features an image of a thumb-up covered in the stars and stripes of the flag, is a play on McCain’s thumb-down vote that sank President Donald Trump’s repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Albin turned the thumb up as a wink to McCain’s vote, which Albin approved of. (AP Photo/Jacques Billeaud)
Former U.S. Marine Jose Cordero Torres, 82, a Vietnam War veteran, salutes near the casket during a memorial service for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool)
The Arizona department of Public Safety honor guard stands over the casket of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., during a memorial service at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Children of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., from back left Sidney McCain, Meghan McCain and her husband Ben Domenech, Bridget McCain, front center and daughter-in-law Holly McCain, follow behind the casket into the Capitol rotunda for a memorial service, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, at the Capitol in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Children of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., from back left, Sidney McCain, Meghan McCain and her husband Ben Domenech, Bridget McCain, and daughter-in-laws Holly McCain and Renee Swift, follow behind the casket into the Capitol rotunda for a memorial service, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, at the Capitol in Phoenix.(AP Photo/Matt York)
Former U.S. Marine Jose Cordero Torres, 82, a Vietnam War veteran salutes near the casket during a memorial service for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)
A former U.S. Marine salutes near the casket during a memorial service for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)
A former serviceman salutes near the casket during a memorial service for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)
A former U.S. Marine Jose Cordero Torres, 82, a Vietnam war veteran leaving his commendation medal on the floor near the casket during a memorial service for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)
A guest pays their respects at the casket of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. during a memorial service at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)
A serviceman salutes as he pays his respects at the casket of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. during a memorial service at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)
Arizona Cardinals President, Michael Bidwill pays his respects at the casket of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. during a memorial service at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool)
The Arizona department of Public Safety honor guard stands over the casket of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. during a memorial service at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool)
The Arizona National Guard moves the casket into the museum rotunda during a memorial service for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool)
Meghan McCain, daughter of, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., touches the casket during a memorial service at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool)
Cindy McCain, wife of, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. touches the casket during a memorial service at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)
Meghan McCain, daughter of, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. cries at the casket of her father during a memorial service at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool
Meghan McCain, daughter of, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. cries at the casket of her father during a memorial service at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool
Jack McCain, son of, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. touches the casket during a memorial service at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool)
Cindy McCain, wife of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. sits with her son Jack during a memorial service at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)
Father Edward A. Reese prays over the casket during a memorial service for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool)
The Arizona National Guard carries the casket of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., into a memorial service at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix. (Rob Schumacher/The Arizona Republic via AP, Pool)
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