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Watch live: Bush’s casket leaves Capitol, heads to cathedral

Washington • The Latest on events honoring late former President George H.W. Bush (all times local to Washington D.C.):

Former President George H.W. Bush's casket has left the U.S. Capitol for a state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral.

Family, friends, congressional leaders and others gathered with military brass on the steps of the Capitol for the send-off Wednesday as cannons echoed a salute and a military band played "Hail to the Chief."

Bush's flag-draped coffin was carried to a waiting hearse for the procession to the cathedral. His son former President George W.