Malnourished Children Struggle to Survive in The Living Hell of Yemen.
GORANI: It's been just over a month since journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Turkey. No trace of him has been found since by the way. Now in an exclusive interview with Nic Robertson, his sons are speaking out for the first time since losing their father.</s>SALAH KHASHOGGI, SON OF JAMAL KHASHOGGI: All what we want right now is to bury him. In Medina with the rest of his family.</s>NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: In Saudi Arabia?</s>SALAH KHASHOGGI:  ROBERTSON: In Saudi Arabia, yes. I talked to that -- I talked about that with the Saudi authorities. And I just hope that it happens soon.</s>ROBERTSON: But somebody needs to find his body.</s>SALAH KHASHOGGI: Yes. I believe that this search is ongoing and I'm really hopeful about that.</s>ROBERTSON: But what do you place your hope in?</s>SALAH KHASHOGGI: It's in Islamic tradition. It is not only Islamic. It's basic humanitarian issue. We just need to make sure that he rests in peace. And until now, I still can't believe that he's dead. It's -- I know. I mean, it's not sinking in with me emotionally. He has deceased. For sure. But the emotional burden that is coming with the puzzle is really -- is really big.</s>ROBERTSON: When you went into your father's apartment here in the United States, you discovered something that made you realize just how important you -- his grandchildren, were to him. Can you tell us about that?</s>ABDULLAH KHASHOGGI, SON OF JAMAL KHASHOGGI: I think going to apartment, that was maybe the most emotional moment I had, like in this past days. This picture especially. It was next to his bed stand. Next to his bed. And his grandchildren. That's the last thing he looked at before he goes to bed. It's -- that shocked me. Not shocked but says -- it showed a side -- not a new but it put an emphasis on his tender side of loving his family, his grandkids.</s>ROBERTSON: What are you proudest of?</s>ABDULLAH KHASHOGGI: He always said the truth. Like, basic human -- just a good person. As simple as that. He was very brave. He was always out there. For me, it was like rock n' roll star and as a journalist. Like --</s>ROBERTSON: Because he was sort of pushing the system a bit.</s>ABDULLAH KHASHOGGI: Yes. And he's -- always pushing. He was always -- Yes. He was brave.</s>ROBERTSON: There have been people who have been trying to sort of create a different impression about him, a different legacy, allegations that he was sort of supported the Muslim Brotherhood.</s>ABDULLAH KHASHOGGI: I used to tease him. Like the last time in Turkey I used to tease him like, oh, I heard this on Twitter. Like they're saying you're Muslim Brotherhood. Where is your beard? He laughs. I'm not Muslim brotherhood because of this, this, this.</s>ROBERTSON: Meant so much to you.</s>ABDULLAH KHASHOGGI: Yes. And it just labels or -- just people not doing their homework properly and reading the article, going in depth. So, it's just easier for them just to stick a label on him. Like you're something. You're that. You're that.</s>ROBERTSON: Can you tell us about that meeting with crown prince and the king?</s>SALAH KHASHOGGI: Yes. In that meeting, with the king and the crown prince, when I went there with my uncle Sal, the king has stressed that everybody involved will be brought to justice. And I have faith in that. This will happen.</s>ROBERTSON: You're placing your faith in the king?</s>SALAH KHASHOGGI: Yes.</s>ROBERTSON: In your heart of hearts, what do you think happened?</s>SALAH KHASHOGGI: Something bad happened. Something might be -- but I really hope that whatever happened it was just -- it was -- it wasn't painful for him or something like that. It was quick or he had a peaceful death. That's what I wish for.</s>ROBERTSON: How do you think your father would want to be remembered?</s>SALAH KHASHOGGI: As a moderate man who is -- who has come with everyone. Genuine. Honest. A man who loved his country. Who believed so much in it and its potential. Jamal was never a dissident. He really believed in the monarchy. It is the thing that's keeping the country together and he believed in the transformation that is -- that it is going through. And that's how -- that's how he should be remembered.</s>GORANI: Jamal Khashoggi's sons speaking to Nic Robertson in the U.S. there. The first time they've spoken out on television or in an interview since their father was killed. All the while in neighboring Yemen, the Saudi-led coalition said it made significant progress in the battle to capture a key port city but the U.N. is worried more fighting disrupts vital humanitarian aid. Millions of people starving. Many of them children. Caught in the cross fire. Nima Elbagir has more and I must warn you the images you are about to see are very disturbing.</s>NIMA ELBAGIR, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yussef arrived at the hospital yesterday. The family couldn't afford hospital. They had to wait until they could scrape together enough money for the journey. They turn him over to examine his back but it's too painful. His nutrition is so advanced that every breath is a wheeze of agony. At 13 years of age, he weighs as much as a 4-year-old. Here at this hospital, they've been inundated with starving children. Mohammed is 5 months old and severely malnourished. Starving mothers giving birth to starving babies and the cycle continues.</s>LISE GRANDE, UN RESIDENT AND HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR YEMEN: Every single day more than 100 children are dying because of causes related to the conflict and to the crisis. There are 7 million people in Yemen who are malnourished. 3 million of who are acutely mall nourished. It is a devastating, heart breaking human, very human tragedy.</s>ELBAGIR: For three years Yemen has been in the grip of a civil war pitting the U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition against Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Here in Yemen, even as criticism swirled over allegations of official Saudi involvement in the murder of journalist Khashoggi, the world ignored the Saudi crown prince's other undertaking. Restoring the government of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi at whatever cost. Now, it may almost be too late.</s>GRANDE: You've asked us the important question about whether or not we can scale up to meet the increased needs across the country. We estimate 14 million people could be at the brink of famine. We know that if we receive funding and now that we will be able to reach these people. It will, however, require that all of the parties to the conflict do everything they can to facilitate and support our work.</s>ELBAGIR: Dahlia is just over a year old. She has the telltale swollen stomach of malnutrition. Her shallow breaths almost as an agony for her mother as they are for her. Her mother says she needed an operation to insert a feeding tube. Their last hope. Now, they wait. Yussef's mother rubs his hands. She's already lost two children. And she doesn't know whether Yosef (ph) will survive. Whether he'll ever be the same again. Like so many mothers here, she can only hope. And pray. Nima Elbagir, CNN, London.</s>HALA GORANI, CNN INTERNATIONAL HOST: A hundred children, according to the U.N., die a day and this as so many other conflicts happening on our watch. We'll be right back. Stay with CNN.