Well minecraft worked for most the day. Unfortunately I shut it down and now it won't launch again. Tried the cache file bit but that did not work.
Thanks, Scott for the advise. If it happens again I will try that.
Just attempted to start the launcher again and the issue seems to have fixed itself. Game has launched 1.11.2 w/o issue this time. Sorry if I have wasted your time.
just noticed this thread is listed as resolved. It is far from resolved. The issue is still happening and I still cannot log on to minecraft.