jillian: aoc claiming the answer, this is the answer to ending violent crime. todd: carley shimkus is here with the latest. another nonphysical solution. carley: she spoke at the violence prevention press conference yesterday. she wants to stop building jails and put it toward mental health services. take a listen. there s a lot of theories on how we prevent violence but what we have right here is an evidence-based approach. if we want to reduce violent crime and reduce the number of people in our jails the answer is to stop building more of them. carley: her comments come amid a significant spike in crime, a man charged with punching an asian woman on a new york city street this week has 40 prior arrests, many saying soft on crime policies led to him being on the street in the first place.