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The flag-draped casket of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is carried to a hearse from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018, in Washington, for a departure to the Washington National Cathedral for a memorial service. McCain died Aug. 25 from brain cancer at age 81. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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The memorial service for John McCain is underway at the Washington National Cathedral, where the late Republican senator is getting a presidential farewell, but not from the actual sitting president.

By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press September 1, 2018