Minecraft download gets stuck

when i go to download any version of minecraft it stops at 5.65KB and then gets stuck on finalizing, while everything else responds the download is frozen and when i close the launcher its still open and requires me to force close it.

 

i have also downloaded and installed Java JRE 8 version 421 to no avail.

 

if you need to know, the version of macos im running is 10.13.6 high sierra