sam harrell,and thank you for being with us come also our condolences. d soffiyah elijah of the correctional association of new york. we will continue to follow the case of samuel harrell killed the fishkill5 in prison in beacon, new york by corrections guards. when we come back, the 30th anniversary of the chernobyl nuclear disaster. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: the music from a vigil held for samuel harrell. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we're on the road in santa fe, new mexico. we end today marking the 30th anniversary of the chernobyl nuclear plant disaster in the former soviet state of ukraine, still considered the worst nuclear disaster in history. it sent a cloud of radioactive fallout into russia, belarus and over a large portion of europe. 50,000 people living in chernobyl's immediate surroundings had to be evacuated, and a vast rural region became uninhabitable, including the town of prypyat, near where the damaged reactor was located. residents had to be permanently relocated d the t