Cant open minecraft

I just downloaded minecraft to my windows pc and I am noticing a problem. When i click the minecraft shortcut, it takes me to the minecraft news screen (as it should) but when i click play at the bottom of the screen, the window closes then reopens and then a message comes up that says: GAME CRASH an unexpected issue occurred and the game has crashed. We're sorry for the inconvenience. I'd like this issue to be resolved ASAP.